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Commemoration of New York's 400th Multicultural Year:
Upcoming Events with Evan Pritchard
Sunday,
March 28th, 11:00 AM
Avatars, Lemurians, and Unitarian Universalists;
Middletown Unitarian Universalist Church, 6 Orchard Street,
Middletown.
In this talk, Evan Pritchard will discuss the spiritual and
historical importance of the movie Avatar, and how it relates
to human spiritual history and to religions today. The trunk
of the tree of global spirituality seems to have taken root
on the Sunda Shelf south of India, a "lost continent"
submerged by the rising of the ocean after the last ice age.
The main current of that thought, that we are all one and
that we are all here to learn and work things out, has blessed
every continent, not without opposition, and is still being
taught by UU congregations around the world. The movie Avatar
opens a long-forgotten doorway to ancient indigenous understanding.
Sunday, April 4th, 2010 (Easter Sunday)
10:30 AM Rock Tavern UU Church
(meeting held at St. Anne's Episcopal Church, route 94, Washingtonville,
NY)
Rebirth and Renewal: The Story of Spring as Dramatized by
Heroes from Osiris to Henry Hudson.
In this talk, Evan Pritchard will discuss how the power of
estuaries such as the Hudson River, and the rebirth of grains
in the spring have been the basis of countless stories of
Apollo-like heroes who die and are reborn again. These tales
give us faith in the processes of nature and hope for the
future. These are healing stories of grieving and forgiveness
and moving on with renewed enthusiasm. Followed by book signing.
Monday, April 5th, 2010
Orange County DAR;
Lecture: The Crossing Point; How Henry Hudson, George Washington
and the Algonquins of New York Made History at The Great Fording
Place at Stony Point. (212)714-7151.
Monday, April 12th, 2010
Philipstown School, Garrison NY
Storytelling, drum songs, and cedar flute for children 10
AM.
Tuesday, April
13th, 2010,
Pleasantville, NY Pace University, 1:25 PM Call for details
(212)714-7151
"Birds in Exile", an intro talk and round table
discussion on the role of birds in Native American spirituality
and the dangers of recent technologies for migratory birds.
Nature Club lecture to follow,
Sunday, April 18th, 1 PM TBA
Cold Spring Trail Hike. For details contact (212)714-7151
"Birds: Our Endangered Allies; TBA Contact Angelo (914)773-3530.
Saturday, May
1st, 2010;
The Munsee of the Old Mine Road; DAR, Old Mine Road Chapter;
Port Jervis, NY.
Tuesday, May
4th,
AHA's of New Jersey, 7:30 PM Algonquin Prophecies, Signs at
the Crossroads, lecture with Evan Pritchard; Morristown Masonic
Temple 39 Maple Avenue, Morristown, NJ Carol Toker (973)983-2535.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, May 29th, 30th, 31st
Powwow at Bowdoin Park, 11 AM each day, Evan Pritchard presents
music, history and folklore of Algonquin People. (212)714-7151.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, June 4, 5, 6th,
Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill, NY; Algonquin Heritage
Retreat (rescheduled from March 19, 20, 21) For info, contact
Evan at evan.pritchard7@gmail.com or call (212)714-7151.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, June 11th-13th
USSEA SUNY New Paltz seminar. Details TBA, contact (212)714-7151
July 12th-17th
Brushwood Folklife Center, Sherman NY, Evan Pritchard and
Elspeth Odbert. Workshops, etc. (212)714-7151. (May be continued
to July 25th, depending)
August 6th, 7th, 8th 2010;
Spiritual Elders' Gathering with William Commanda, Maniwaki,
Quebec Canada (212)714-7151
Saturday, Sunday, August 21st, 22nd
Tenth Annual Daniel Nimham Powwow, Gypsy Trail, Carmel/Kent,
NY (845)225-8154 Evan Pritchard, a descendent of the Micmac
people, is a professor of ethics, and philosophy at Marist
College and of Native American History and World Religion
at Pace University. He is an Interfaith Minister, and founder
of The Center for Algonquin Culture in Pine Hill, NY. He is
the author of several books, including Native American Stories
of the Sacred, Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin
People, and No Word for Time.
