CasparFEST! Opens (both days)

S A T U R D A Y

North and South Rooms

IMPROVISATION:
In the Moment & Without a Net
with JOE CRAVEN

How do you make better music in the moment and/or say something different every time you take a solo? This class will help deepen one’s connection to spontaneity and flow through organized sound. Joe teaches musical improvisation more from a theater model rather than the requisite model of jazz. Therefore, this is not an ability-based class. He connects improvisation to what you already do and moves you forward from there. We’ll focus on ways to think differently about sound and fearlessness, and Joe will address the connection between spoken-word language and the language of musical sound. The significance of rhythmic phrasing will be explored, along with heightened listening, observation, imitation, disassociation and metaphor in innovative music making. Oh, and it’s fun!

Pickling Local Crafted Foods
Matt Samuelson & Linus Kesminas

Local Food Sourcing
Sarah Bodnar & Justin Calvino

S U N D A Y

North and South Rooms

Ukulele Workshop
with Dennis Hudson

Beginner to Intermediate. Dennis: "Is it a small guitar? Well, yes and no. The left hand has some similarity but the right hand is what sets the uke apart. We will spend two hours looking at notes on the neck and right hand technique. I will have a few loaner ukes available for those who don't own one yet."

Pasta Making with Oscar Stedman

Drying Veggies & Fruits
Bette Goldfarb

Bette demonstrates different drying methods and to demonstrate fruit leathers, kale chips, dried tomatoes and apples. She will being samples of her products for people to taste.

Sustainable Caspar:
From Extraction to Restoration
Jim Tarbell

What does a Sustainable Caspar look like and how do we create it? Come to this inspiring workshop to discuss your dreams for the next 100 years in Caspar – and how to realize them!

For a pre-workshop look at over a decade of planning from disaster preparedness to a village square to a village-owned water system, visit the Sustainable Caspar Booth on the south side of the Center.

Local Currency
Charles Cresson Wood

This workshop will discuss the experience of Argentina in 2001, when its official currency system collapsed, and how an unofficial local currency system was pressed into service, successfully helping millions of people get their needs met. We will briefly survey the history of local currency systems, and the reasons why having a local currency system is desirable (giving local providers an advantage, revealing which provider is local, getting unemployed people to work, giving people a way to exchange value even if they don't have dollars, etc.). We will additionally talk about the work of the local currency working group within Mendocino Coast Transition Towns, and where we will be going from here.

Charles Cresson Wood is a local organizer for Mendocino Coast Transition Towns, and a member of the local currency working group. He is also a risk management consultant, assisting organizations build contingency plans for the many converging crises we are now facing (notably peak oil, climate change, financial system collapse, and ecological degradation). For over thirty years, Charles has researched and consulted on the systemic risks built-into our American way of life, risks that were dramatically revealed in 2008, when we had a collapse of the worldwide financial system. In addition to other books, he is the author of the book entitled Kicking The Gasoline & Petro-Diesel Habit: A Business Manager's Blueprint For Action.

Time Banking - Julia Frech

What is a Time Bank? How does it works? Quick overview of other Time Banks, and Mendo Time Bank in particular. How could a Time Bank serves people differently than other currencies? Current problems with Mendo Time Bank , obstacles we're experiencing, struggles in creating a local currency that people actually use; Group discussion/brainstorm on how to modify the Time Bank concept, (or other currencies?) to make it more accessible, useful, and commonly used.