May 2013 Newsletter

7 May

At Leotahs this month..

Friday, May 3rd: 6pm-8pm

Friday Music Nights at Leotahs: Kid Busy
here’s a sneak peak

We will be open late! We try to hold these a few times a month to be open for those late customers & to add some more positive happenin’s in the area. Music Nights will take place in the front room, converting the kids area so a small crew can play. So come in and listen or just hang out and drink some hot cocoa:) Let us know if you want to be a featured artist in these music nights. Contact DJ at dj.leotahsplace@gmail.com
Keep posted for Facebook Event


Wednesday May 8th: 7am-6pm

Changing our food menu!
Bagels and Toast + specialty spreads. Prepared Sandwiches + Cold Salads! and come June we will be preparing Egg Sandwiches!! Thanks for your patience and support
Friday & Saturday, May 10th & 11th: 8pm

@ Painted Bride Art Center; 230 Vine St Philadelphia PA 19106
Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 day of the show

Leotah’s Place will be providing concession to this sweet and beautiful show! If you havnt seen Spoken Hand yet, you are missing out! A Philadelphia gem indeed. You may even recognize some neighbors in the orchestra.

A two-time winner of Philadelphia City Paper’s “Best World Music/Roots Performance” and critically acclaimed just last season for “Skins and Songs,” a collaborative performance with Philip Hamilton’s Voices, Spoken Hand returns this season to thrill regional audiences once again with its revolutionary approach to composing, arranging and performance the secular and sacred drumming traditions from around the globe including North Indian tabla, Afro Cuban bata, Brazilian samba and West African djembe. Audiences can expect recent works and more familiar favorites.


Saturday, May 11th: 5pm-8pm

Sister‘s Circle: Tea Party & Holistic Care
A safe place for the Ladies to gather. Good Karma Proper Teas will be sampling her products, also holistic care packages, card readings, and dream consultations will be available.
    

Friday, May 17: 6-9pm

ReTalks @ Leotahs: Neighborhood conversations about Race & Ethnicity
Hosted by NewCORE: We are a multi-racial, interfaith body of many striving to become one through a new conversation on race and ethnicity. We recognize the urgency to speak and listen to our racial and ethnic histories, experiences and struggles and to respect each person’s dignity and individual journey. Our differences will one day serve not to divide but to enrich and inspire. Our conversation continues the long march toward realizing the as yet unfulfilled promise – “a more perfect union.” We invite you to join us.

Re-Talks @ Leotah’s: ReThink. ReLearn, ReUse, ReAct.

Regular discussions, workshops, lectures, skill-shares on how to go back to roots, learn about what’s going on/has gone on, and live in a way that is radical, tangible, and loveable. If you are interested in speaking or have any ideas on some ReTalks, email us at leotahsplace@gmail.com

Saturday, May 18: 12-5pm

Trenton Arts Festival 2013!

Local Art. Local Music. Local Food. Free and open to the public, the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival celebrates East Kensington’s incredible mix of local artists, musicians and eateries. Organized by the dedicated volunteers of the East Kensington Neighbors Association and featuring over 200 local arts and food vendors, TAAF attracts 10k+ attendees to raise funds for neighborhood projects and revitalization. The festival is held on Trenton Avenue, a wide cobblestone street that has been part of Kensington’s rich creative history for over a hundred years. By hosting the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival, EKNA continues that tradition.
Leotahs will have a table selling bottled beverages, patches, & travel jars!



Tuesday, May 21st: 7am-12am

Yep it has been 3 years! and what a beautiful journey it has been to be a space of rest for the neighborhood and to bring people together! Come celebrate with us!
We are currently planning a whole day of festivities! Including a delicious cake, coffee discounts, customer gifts, balloons, face painting, 3 year of past community pictures, quotes & events, & ending the day with a byo dance party( starting around 9pm)! brought to us from some sweet local djs :)

(a keg may be provided..but we want to keep family friendly!)


Friday, May 24: 8-10pm

Open Mic: Abstractions
A free open mic where poets, singers, musicians and other artists are encouraged to emancipate their emotions through expression.
featured artist: Brianna Cash
Since a very young age, Brianna Cash, who is now 20 years old, has been surrounded by music. At the age of five, she joined the school choir where she fell in love with singing. At this very young age she dreamed of becoming a singer, not knowing that with continuous practice and determination, it was a dream that could potentially come true. When she was nine years old, her mother signed her up for piano lessons. What started as something she thought she would not enjoy turned into one of her greatest passions. When Brianna was thirteen years old, she wrote her first song entitled “I’m so Sorry.” This first song inspired her to continue down her path of becoming a real artist. At the age of fourteen, Brianna decided that she wanted to expand her musical talents. She saved up and bought her first guitar, which she taught herself how to play. By the age of fifteen Brianna wrote another song entitled “Question” which is still being heard and sampled for people today. Although the piano is her first love and where her talent relies; the guitar gives her a different soulful sound. This addition only fueled her to continue her songwriting. Her love of music, passion and determination has molded her into the artist she is today.
Every Fourth Friday at Leotahs!

Keep posted for Facebook Event

Highlights this Month:

Drinks

Bottled Moroccan Mint Tea
Frozen Chai
Oscar Romero Latte: Maple

Food

Vegan Egg Salad Sandwich
Turkey & Roasted red pepper Sandwich
Fresh tomato and onion spread
Sundried tomato & basil spread
Vegan Cream Cheese..

Store Corner

           Local Myerstown Honey.

Coffee Delivery Services & Breakfast & Mid-day Meet Catering

We are finishing up our catalogue for coffee services to businesses & organizations! Think: direct trade & organic coffee, local & fair trade tea, local milk, and accessories—at your office!

Would you like a tasty Breakfast tray & Sweet treat platter, or just some hot direct trade coffee or tea for your meeting/gathering?Check out our newest Catering Menu… We can Deliver, Set up, & Breakdown! We also have a portable Espresso Bar, Great for Weddings! 10% off for first time purchase of business/organizations

Locally Made Goods

Tukula headwraps, broches, bracelets..
We make beautiful things and promote small businesses in Uganda. Learn more at: www.tukula.org

More locally made goods found in our consignment case!
Email us if you are interested in selling your product!


Specialty Coffee this Month!

Here at Leotah‘s we participate in Direct Trade & Organic Coffee! So each bean has a story..


Ethiopian Kellensoo Ardi

Medium/Light Roast

Producer: Project Kellensoo

Tasting Notes: Berry, Lemon, Sweet finish

“The village of Kellensoo is located near the city of Hagere Mariam, in the district of Bulee Hora in the Borena Zone of Oromia Region.   Coffee farms vary in size from one or two trees to several acres.  For the majority of Kellensoo residents, coffee production is secondary to sustenance farming. However, coffee is the primary source of hard currency needed to buy school supplies, clothing and pay for medical services, playing a very important role in the community.”

“Project Kellensoo is the result of that collaboration. After going to the village and listening to the concerns of parents, administrators and elders we pinpointed high drop out rates as the main area of intervention.”

Project Kellenso’s goals include the construction of a solar powered library with a modern IT center for the village students, and the distribution of feminine inadequate supply of feminine hygiene products. The resulting absence is often to difficult or discouraging to make up.”

“Project Kellensoo is the joint venture of three companies: The Bushwick Seed Company, Nardos Coffee Exports and Think Coffee.” It is roasted locally by Green Street Coffee Roasters.

Sources: http://www.thebushwickseedcompany.com/Photo-Gallery.html, http://think-coffee.myshopify.com/products/kellenso, http://thinkcoffeenyc.com/blog/travel-journal/


 Poll Question last Month:
    If you could pick 3 people, alive or dead, to dinner, who would it be?
Some answers, and more available at Leotah’s:


Sun Ra, Mr Rogers, Marcel Duchamp
Karl Marx, Groucho Marx, Richard Marx
Nikola Tesla, Andy Kaufman, John Belushi
Ira Glass, Thurston Moore, Corner store homie
Dr Cornell West, Howard Thurman, Dr Martin Luther King

Poll Question this Month:
    If you could have one super power, what would it be?

       Come share your thoughts at Leotah’s Place!

Featuring Oscar Romero… again..for good luck:)
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (August 15, 1917 – March 24, 1980) was a prominent Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador during the 1960s and 1970s becoming Archbishop of San Salvador in 1977. After witnessing numerous violations of human rights, he began to speak out on behalf of the poor and the victims of repression. This led to numerous conflicts, both with the government in El Salvador and within the Catholic Church. After speaking out against U.S. military support for the government of El Salvador, and calling for soldiers to disobey orders to fire on innocent civilians, Archbishop Romero was shot dead while celebrating Mass at the small chapel of the cancer hospital where he lived. It is believed that those who organized his assassination were members of Salvadoran death squads, including two graduates of the School of the Americas. More information on his life

“We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do to ourselves to overcome our selfishness and such cruel inequalities among us. The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword, the violence of hatred. It is the violence of love, of brotherhood,the violence that wills to beat weapons into sickles for work.”

Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be. ”

“I don’t want to be an anti, against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God,who loves us and who wants to save us.”

“Let us not tire of preaching love: it is the force that will overcome the world.”

“If there were love of neighbour there would be no terrorism, no repression, no selfishness, none of such cruel inequalities in society, no abductions, no crimes.”

Try an Oscar Romero Latte! (Maple)
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April Newsletter

7 Apr

At Leotahs this month..

Sunday, April 7th, 21st & May 5th: 2:30pm-4:30pm

3 part PBS film.. its going to be great.
” tells the remarkable story of the most sweeping social revolution in American history, as women have asserted their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity, and personal autonomy. It’s a revolution that has unfolded in public and private, in courts and Congress, in the boardroom and the bedroom, changing not only what the world expects from women, but what women expect from themselves…”

        Re-Talks @ Leotah’s: ReThink. ReLearn, ReUse, ReAct.

Regular discussions, workshops, lectures, skill-shares on how to go back to roots, learn about what’s going on/has gone on, and live in a way that is radical, tangible, and loveable. If you are interested in speaking or have any ideas on some ReTalks, email us at leotahsplace@gmail.com

 

Friday, April 19th: 7-9pm

Must be love.…a multi-media art experience by Rachel Gucwa 
good for you, good for your friends, good for your heart


Friday, April 26th: 6-8pm

Friday Music Nights at Leotahs: Boreal & guest
Laura Szklarski is a Philadelphia-based guitarist/instrumentalist. Using self-taught fingerstylings,She aims to produce music with complexity and composure that is both stimulating and ambientWe will be open late!

We try to hold these a few times a month to be open for those late customers & to add some more positive happenin’s in the area. Music Nights will take place in the front room, converting the kids area so a small crew can play. So come in and listen or just hang out and drink some hot cocoa:) Let us know if you want to be a featured artist in these music nights. Contact DJ at dj.leotahsplace@gmail.com
Keep posted for Facebook Event

    

Friday, April 26: 8-10pm

Open Mic: Abstractions–Featured Artist: Spkn
Spkn is a Philadelphia native who, after writing for over ten years, has decided to dive into the poetry scene and share his talent of using words to paint pictures that express real life.
A free open mic where poets, singers, musicians and other artists are encouraged to emancipate their emotions through expression.
Every Fourth Friday at Leotahs!

Keep posted for Facebook Event

In the Philly area…

Saturday, April 6th: 12pm

DRONE DEATH WALK & KITE FLYING FOR PEACE @ 34th & Walnut Sts
..Walking in solidarity with those who have died due to drone attacks around the world in a masked silent Death March. Join us dressed in all black to walk around UPENN and Drexel campuses. Both are leading institutions in the research and development of drones. This event is in partnership with Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
1pm Spend the afternoon celebrating what the skies should be for, kite-flying! The event will be held at the Woodland Walk field, between UPENN and Drexel University, behind corner of 34th & Walnut streets. Kite flying, a widespread form of play throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan, expressing hope for peace and an end to the war and drone strikes.  Bring your kite and your children. Please RSVP at peace@shalomhouse.us. This event is in partnership with the Brandywine Peace Community.

Sunday, April 7: 12pm

17th Annual Poetry Ink: 100 Poets Reading at Arts Bank (Broad & South Sts)
Presented by Moonstone Arts Center.


Tuesday, April 9: 7pm

Mentor and Mentored – Sonia Sanchez with Siduri Beckman & Jaya Montague
Presented by Moonstone Arts Center. At PhillyCAM Studios699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (between Chestnut and Market Streets)

Saturday April 26-28

Fri.-Sun., April 26-28 and May 3-5, 2013 | 8pm Fridays and Saturdays, 3pm Sunday
Ain Gordon’s If She Stood
$25 in advance/$30 day of show | Members: $18.75/$22.50
“Meet Philadelphia’s first multiracial collective of female reformers at the moment they chose to move. If She Stood is an immersive theatrical experience in which the Bride’s performance space is transformed into a 19th century Quaker meeting – the time and place that gave birth to the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. Audiences step into the minds of Sarah Mapps Douglass, Sarah Grimke, Angelina Weld Grimké, and Sarah Pugh, who collectively stood to abolish slavery, literally invent the women’s rights movement and right a host of societal wrongs…” 

Saturday, April 13th: 9am-12pm

meet at Leotah’s
Highlights this Month:Drinks

Bottled Blackberry Earl Grey Tea
Frozen Coffee
Orange Italian Soda
Oscar Romero Latte: Maple

Food

We will be changing up our food menu starting in May! Bagels with speciality spreads & prepared sandwiches that can be enjoyed cold or warmed up. We are also working with the possibility of providing egg sandwiches! Thanks for your patience, we just want to offer the best we can to the neighborhood. Let us know if you have any sandwich ideas!

Store Corner

     Bombilla Straws

Soon: Travel Jars, Cloth Coffee Sleeves made out of used fabric, patches, and more!

Coffee Delivery Services & Breakfast & Mid-day Meet Catering

We are finishing up our catalogue for coffee services to businesses & organizations! Think: direct trade & organic coffee, local & fair trade tea, local milk, and accessories—at your office!

Would you like a tasty Breakfast tray & Sweet treat platter, or just some hot direct trade coffee or tea for your meeting/gathering?Check out our newest Catering Menu… We can Deliver, Set up, & Breakdown! We also have a portable Espresso Bar, Great for Weddings! 10% off for first time purchase of business/organizations

Locally Made Goods

Aromatic Handmade Candles by Dawn
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More locally made goods found in our consignment case!
Email us if you are interested in selling your product!



Poll Question last Month:
    Spring is coming! Where do you see signs of new life?

Some answers, and more available at Leotah’s:

My belly!
Flies in my kitchen
Abandoned Lots
Under the El
Forbidden Drive
Daffodils

Poll Question this Month:
    If you can ask 3 people to dinner, who would they be?

       Come share your thoughts at Leotah’s Place!

Featuring Oscar Romero…
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (August 15, 1917 – March 24, 1980) was a prominent Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador during the 1960s and 1970s becoming Archbishop of San Salvador in 1977. After witnessing numerous violations of human rights, he began to speak out on behalf of the poor and the victims of repression. This led to numerous conflicts, both with the government in El Salvador and within the Catholic Church. After speaking out against U.S. military support for the government of El Salvador, and calling for soldiers to disobey orders to fire on innocent civilians, Archbishop Romero was shot dead while celebrating Mass at the small chapel of the cancer hospital where he lived. It is believed that those who organized his assassination were members of Salvadoran death squads, including two graduates of the School of the Americas. More information on his life“We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do to ourselves to overcome our selfishness and such cruel inequalities among us. The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword, the violence of hatred. It is the violence of love, of brotherhood,the violence that wills to beat weapons into sickles for work.”

Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be. ”

“I don’t want to be an anti, against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God,who loves us and who wants to save us.”

“Let us not tire of preaching love: it is the force that will overcome the world.”

“If there were love of neighbour there would be no terrorism, no repression, no selfishness, none of such cruel inequalities in society, no abductions, no crimes.”

Try an Oscar Romero Latte! (Maple)

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March Newsletter 2013

5 Mar

At Leotahs this month..

Friday, March 8th: 6-8pm

Friday Music Nights at Leotahs: John Mallinen
We will be open late! We try to hold these a few times a month to be open for those late customers & to add some more positive happenin’s in the area. Music Nights will take place in the front room, converting the kids area so a small crew can play. So come in and listen or just hang out and drink some hot cocoa:) Let us know if you want to be a featured artist in these music nights. Contact DJ at dj.leotahsplace@gmail.com
Keep posted for Facebook Event
    

Sunday, March 10th: 2:30pm-4:30pm

Re-Talks @ Leotah’s: Discussion: Obama Healthcare
Yep Obama passed a new healthcare legislation, come hear about it and be aware.

        Re-Talks @ Leotah’s: ReThink. ReLearn, ReUse, ReAct.

Regular discussions, workshops, lectures, skill-shares on how to go back to roots, learn about what’s going on/has gone on, and live in a way that is radical, tangible, and loveable. If you are interested in speaking or have any ideas on some ReTalks, email us at leotahsplace@gmail.com

Friday, March 22: 8-10pm

Open Mic: Abstractions

A free open mic where poets, singers, musicians and other artists are encouraged to emancipate their emotions through expression.
Every Fourth Friday at Leotahs!

Keep posted for Facebook Event


Friday, March 29: 6-8pm

Friday Music Nights at Leotahs: Marlee & Danielle, & Geology
Keep posted for Facebook Event

Sunday, March 31: CLOSED

Sorry for the inconvenience but we will be closed for Easter

 

We will begin to stay open til 6pm on Saturday starting March 16th!

 

In the Philly area…

Saturday, March 16th: 10am-1pm

Free Baby (& Kids) Goods Exchange Fishtown/Kenz
@ Circle of Hope: 2007 Frankford Ave (@ Norris)
Pick up or drop off clothes for babies and kids, toys, baby gear, and maternity clothes. Meet other parents and caregivers in our community. Tell your friends and neighbors about this fun and free event! Light refreshments and bags provided!

Monday, March 13th: 7:15pm

EKNA Zoning Meeting
East Kensington Neighborhood Association
@Circle of Hope: 2007 Frankford Ave (@Norris)
to address the following proposals:2037-39 Blair St (aka 2032-34 Frankford Ave) – New construction of two single-family houses facing Blair Street. Property is zoned for commercial use. 2418 Trenton Ave – New construction of a single-family house. Property is zoned for commercial use.

Monday, March 18th: 7:00pm

EKNA Zoning Meeting
@Philadelphia Brewing Company 2nd Floor
Email eknacommunity@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the agenda.
Please see this link for minutes of past meetings.

Monday, March 12th-17th:

Fela! the musical at Merriam Theater: felaonbroadway.com

 

Highlights this Month:

Drinks
Fela Kuti Latte: Almond Mocha
Housemade Chai Latte
Bottled House Iced Coffee on the go

Food
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Homemade Goodies delicious Blueberry Muffins are back!
Fresh Fruit Cup with oranges, strawberries, & blueberries

Store Corner

      New Items: Coffee filters, Reusable coffee and tea filters, and soon to have single brews & travel jars! Loose tea is back to sell in bulk!
Catering

Would you like a tasty Breakfast tray & Sweet treat platter, or just some hot direct trade coffee or tea for your meeting/gathering?

      Check out our newest Catering Menu… We can Deliver, Set up, & Breakdown! We also have a portable Espresso Bar, Great for

       Weddings! 10% off for first time purchase of business/organizations


Local Business!
Bright Common Architecture
     “Sustainable architecture for better places”
Contact Jeremy Avellino: info@bright-common.com

More local businesses found on our “Local Business & Classes Board”

Locally Made Goods

Inner Power Records CD Debut!

      Project HOME’s teen record project

 

    More locally made goods found in our consignment case!

    Email us if you are interested in selling your product!



Poll Question last Month:
    Who is your Hero?

Some answers, and more available at Leotah’s:

High School English Teacher
Carl Segan
Chloe, my little sister
Collin Shapiro
Dan Surmiak
Wendell Berry

Poll Question this Month:
    Spring is coming! Where do you see signs of new life?

       Come share your thoughts at Leotah’s Place!

Featuring Fela Kuti…

Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 — 2 August 1997), or simply Fela ([feˈlæ]), was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick.

 In 1967, he went to Ghana to think up a new musical direction. That was when Kuti first called his music Afrobeat (which is a complex fusion of Jazz, Funk, Ghanaian/Nigerian High-life, psychedelic rock, and traditional West African chants and rhythms.). In 1969, Fela took the band to the United States. While there, Fela discovered the Black Power movement through Sandra Smith (now Izsadore)—a partisan of the Black Panther Party — which would heavily influence his music and political views and renamed the band Nigeria ’70.

 

As a supporter of traditional religions and lifestyles, Kuti thought that the most important thing for Africans to fight is European cultural imperialism.  The American Black Power movement also influenced Fela’s political views; he was a supporter of Pan-Africanism and socialism, and called for a united, democratic African republic. He was a candid supporter of human rights, and many of his songs are direct attacks against dictatorships, specifically the militaristic governments of Nigeria in the 1970s and 1980s. He was also a social commentator, and he criticized his fellow Africans (especially the upper class) for betraying traditional African culture.

“Imagine Che Guevara and Bob Marley rolled into one person and you get a sense of Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti,” Herald Sun, February 2011

 

“It was when I was in a police cell at the C.I.D. (Central Intelligence Division) headquarters in Lagos; the cell I was in named “The Kalakuta Republic” by the prisoners. I found out when I went to East Africa that “Kalakuta” is a Swahili word that means “rascal.” So if rascality is going to get us what we want, we will use it; because we are dealing with corrupt people, we have to be rascally with them.”

Long, long, long, long time ago
Long, long, long, long time ago
Before them come force us away as slaves
During the time them come force us away as slaves
Na European man, na him dey carry shit
Na for them culture to carry shit
During the time them come colonize us
Them come teach us to carry shit
Long, long, long, long time ago
African man we no dey carry shit
Na European man teach us to carry shit
I.T.T.
International thief
I.T.T.
International rogue Say am, say am!
Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go
Many foreign companies dey Africa carry all our money go
Them go write big English for newspaper, dabaru we Africans
Them go write big English for newspaper, dabaru we Africans
I read about one of them inside book like that
Them call him name na I.T.T.
I read about one of them inside book like that
Them call him name na I.T.T.
Them go dey cause confusion (Confusion!)
Cause corruption (Corruption!)
Cause oppression (Oppression!)
Cause inflation (Inflation!)
Oppression, oppression, inflation
Corruption, oppression, inflation

Try a Fela Kuti Latte! (Almond Mocha)

February 2013 Newsletter

2 Feb

At Leotahs this month..

Friday, February 8th: 6-8pm

Friday Music Nights at Leotahs: On The Water & Tender Mountain Fiddlers
We will be open late! We try to hold these a few times a month to be open for those late customers & to add some more positive happenin’s in the area. Music Nights will take place in the front room, converting the kids area so a small crew can play. So come in and listen or just hang out and drink some hot cocoa:) Let us know if you want to be a featured artist in these music nights. Contact DJ at dj.leotahsplace@gmail.com
Keep posted for Facebook Even
Sunday, February 10th: 2:30pm-4:30pm
Re-Talks @ Leotah’s: Discussion: How does our history affect the Black Identity?
Anthony, a friend of the Painted Bride Theatre, is a student of African American Phsycology at Temple U. He is excited with what he is learning and spends time holding research surveys with all ages/races to see how we are affected or the apathy that comes from our history here in the states.

        Re-Talks @ Leotah’s: ReThink. ReLearn, ReUse, ReAct.

Regular discussions, workshops, lectures, skill-shares on how to go back to roots, learn about what’s going on/has gone on, and live in a way that is radical, tangible, and loveable. If you are interested in speaking or have any ideas on some ReTalks, email us at leotahsplace@gmail.com



Saturday, Febraury 16: 8pm

Leotah‘s Concession at the Painted Bride Art Center: The Cookers
$25 in advance, $30 at the door. Occassionaly, Leotahs provides delicious treats and drinks for the audience of the Painted Bride. 

Friday, Febraury 22: 6-8pm

Friday Music Nights at Leotahs: Kent Ellingson & Fellows
Keep posted for Facebook Event

Saturday, Febraury 23: 7-10pm

William Henry Space Presents: Hope
Collaborative Community Art Show! 8 Artists will be showcasing their pieces around the theme of Hope!
Open mic will be following the scheduled performances

Featured Artists: Jessica Barber, Victoria Engelstad, Nicole La Greca, Thaddeus Lutz, Maggie Machledt, Rachel Gucwa, Inner Power Records will be debuting a few songs off their new album (a rap group and maybe a R&B duo), and more!

We hope this eve will be a great time of learning and sharing, meeting new connections and leaving inspired to engage with others outside of Leotahs. We will also be having an open mic for those interested in sharing poetry, prose, quotes, music, or dance that also surround the theme of Hope. So if you or anyone you know is interested in sharing, a space will be provided. The pieces will stay up through the end of March

Date TBA: February

Re-Talks @ Leotah’s: Obama Health Care
Time for questions and information regarding this new healthcare system.
In the Philly area…

Saturday, February 9: 10am-1pm

Free Baby (& Kids) Goods Exchange South Philly
Pick up or drop off clothes for babies and kids, toys, baby gear, and maternity clothes. Meet other parents and caregivers in our community. Tell your friends and neighbors about this fun and free event! Light refreshments and bags provided!

Sunday, Feburary 3rd: 1pm

Addressing Gun Violence in Philadelphia: A Conversation & Exploration
Held at the Calvary Center for Community & Culture 801 S. 48th Street (at Baltimore Avenue)
Childcare is also provided.

 

Highlights this Month:

Drinks
Angela Davis Latte: Raspberry White Mocha
Vietnamese Tea
Bottled House Iced coffee on the go

Food
Gluten Free Brownies with cream cheese frosting
The Ben: Hardboiled Egg, Hummus, Cheddar, & Siracha

Local Milk Buying Club

      We provide a time once a week for our customers to take part of supporting this great family farm: Merrymead Farms! in
Lansdale PA. Check out our online form

Catering

Would you like a tasty Breakfast tray & Sweet treat platter, or just some hot direct trade coffee or tea for your meeting/gathering?

      Check out our newest Catering Menu… We can Deliver, Set up, & Breakdown! We also have a portable Espresso Bar, Great for Weddings!

      10% off first time buyers


Local Business!
Mother Heart Studio
Yoga @ Urban Roots Wellness Center: 440 E Girard Ave 19125
Mon, Wed, Thurs– Mornings 9:30am-10:45pm, Evenings 6pm-7:15pm
All Classes taught by Dawn Smelser: CYT by The Yoga Institute in Mumbai India.

    Private Lessions by appt 484.885.9081

More local businesses found on our “Local Business & Classes Board”

Locally Made Goods

Kensington’s very own Carolyn Merritt presents her book, Tango Nuevo

     Available at Leotahs, here’s the Amazon Link!

    More locally made goods found in our consignment case!

    Email us if you are interested in selling your product!



Poll Question last Month:
    Whats your New Years Resolution?

Some answers, and more available at Leotah’s:

  • Love others more
  • Never make another Resolution
  • To Trust
  • To go to 1 museum a month & Eat less processed food, yay 2013! Healthy mind, healthy soul
  • To find love
  • No parking tickets!

Poll Question this Month:

    Who is your Hero?

       Come share your thoughts at Leotah’s Place!

Featuring Angela Davis…

Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.”

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.

(born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, scholar, and author. Davis emerged as a nationally prominent activist in the 1960s, when she was associated with the Communist Party USA, the Black Panther Party. Prisoner rights have been among her continuing interests; she is the founder of “Critical Resistance”, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She is a retired professor with the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz and is the former director of the university’s Feminist Studies department. Her research interests are in feminism, African American studies, critical theory, Marxism, popular music and social consciousness, and the philosophy and history of punishment and prisons.

NO ReTalk in February

21 Jan

Just a heads up. we will be canceling our ReTalk on Black Identity on Jan 27th. we will have to move it to February

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