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A workshop on local and global citizenship

On June 24th from 7:30pm-9:30pm Helyx Chase of HH

productions will be hosting a dialog and workshop to support The Trek

Project. The Trek Project is a project that will follow students from

buildOn as they travel to Nicaragua to construct a school.

The workshop will be a chance to talk about the ways that we see ourselves within the world and also to participate in the mapping project where we will examine the ways that we see ourselves in a global setting.

The Trek Project is a multi-  faceted, multi-media exploration of global identity, and citizenship.
Filmmaker Helyx Chase is embarking on this  project to create a documentary about how we see ourselves within a  global and local community; and how we are accountable/responsible
within both of those communities. They will be traveling to Nicaragua  this summer and following a group of youth from buildOn after school  clubs in the Philadelphia and New York City areas as they build a  school in a remote rural village. Ultimately, the maps and discussion
generated at the workshop will be included in The Trek Project. While  the event is free we are asking for donations to sponsor the trip to Nicaragua and supplies needed while in the country.

Chase is a queer, non-gender identified video maker,  social justice activist and youth worker. They are 19; they were born  in Philadelphia and raised just west of the city in Upper Darby.
Chase, originally Hannah Horwitz, graduated from Upper Darby High  School in 2007, with 2 scholarships for media production. They  started seriously pursuing video when they were 15 and participated in the Scribe Video Center’s Documentary History Project for Youth in
2005. After the project was completed in January of 2006 they were an active member of Upper Darby High School’s broadcast journalism program.

They have produced multiple short pieces both independently and for classes, the most recent of which is a 25-minute documentary about the ways that women are portrayed in the media and how those images effect girls while they are growing up, it is called “Impacting Girls Influencing Lives”. They produce video pieces that promote social justice, queer visibility, youth empowerment, and independent artists. They are heavily influenced by the work of Marlon
Riggs and they possess a strong desire to create dialog about issues that are often not covered by the mainstream.

They blog at HHspeaking.blogspot.com, and can be reached at HHconnects@gmail.com

Friday, June 12th, 8pm
Jeff Mach’s “What Sharp Teeth”

With special opening performance by The Velocitators,
www.myspace.com/velocitators.

“What Sharp Teeth” is a twisted retelling of the “Little Red Riding Hood”
fairytale. It’s a one-man musical, written and performed by Jeff Mach
through story and song. Hear the story of the sweet, innocent girl, the
helpful narrator, and the crocodile. What, you heard the story had a wolf?
What other lies were you told? .A tale of dark humour, pagan gods,
theoretically innocent young girls, and mead.

This show is not recommended for persons under the age of sixteen.

Jeff Mach has been writing and performing songs for over twenty years. He’s
co-founder of the classic North Jersey folk-rock group Running Water. He is
creator and producer of what is possibly the country’s largest, and
certainly most unorthodox, Renaissance Faire: The Wicked Winter Faire, which
is attended yearly by over 2,000 people.

www.WickedFaire.com/wst

Creative Speech: The Golden Thread
June 11th 6pm to 8pm
Cost: sliding scale, $10 to $20

What makes a story a story?  There are many answers to this riddle.  Come
run, walk, step, throw and catch with us to grab the Golden Thread--the
thread that connects us all, connects sound with meaning, leads us through
all the ups and downs of our tale to the happy ending.  We'll also learn
what makes Shakespeare's sonnets such irresistible arguments.

This is an active, movement-based sound workshop.  Actors, teachers, nurses,
lawyers, parents, every profession can benefit from Creative Speech.  It
comes from the work of Rudolf Steiner, originator of Waldorf Schools,
Biodynamic Farming, Camphill Communities and many other activities.

For more information about this and other Creative Speech events in
Philadelphia, go to

www.meetup.com/creativespeech

or call Claire McConnell at 215 747 0433