Falls Brook Free School

Be a part of the first ever Falls Brook Free School!
Teachers and Students needed

Whether you excel in bike repair, celestial navigation, or under-water basket weaving, we need you to teach a short workshop of your choice and come learn about other skills you never even dreamed existed.

Where: Falls Brook Centre, Knowlesville, NB
When: July 25th 10:00am - 6:00 pm
(Dinner+Bonfire+ Music +Camping+Breakfast to follow if you would like to stay the night)
How much: Registration is free, Food and Camping $25 extra, $15 for kids (Please register by July 13 if you would like to Camp/ Eat Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast)

Schedule: We will post a schedule as soon as workshop sessions are confirmed. Sessions may include: Sustainable Forestry, Climate Change and Sustainable Practices in Daily Living, Renewable Energy, Lantern Making, Story telling, Silk Screening, Natural Building, Kitchen Gardening.... and much more

Check out www.fallsbrookcentre.ca for more information

Harness the power of the Sun

Interested in the power of the sun? Curious about what solar energy, in all its forms, can do for you and your home? Falls Brook Centre’s Solar Energy Workshop is intended for you!

Learn from Dr. Richard Komp, who has 50 years of experience with solar energy, about the history and future of solar energy; build and take home a solar cooker and solar battery charger; get a tour of Falls Brooks’ many solar energy demonstrations, net-metering house and get practical advice about solar energy for your home.

The conference will be held in Falls Brook Centre’s off-grid wind and solar powered conference centre, and includes home cooked organic meals.

The Solar Energy Workshop will be held on Saturday, May 30th, and Sunday May 31st. Come for a day or the whole weekend. For information on costs, registration, or accommodations please contact Greg LeBlanc: (506) 375-4310, greg@fallsbrookcentre.ca

NB Talent hits the country stage

Jane Erdhart with her disco-follksy-rocker sound tore up the KAN Centre last long weekend. Hailing from Moncton, this local NB girl was wrapping up her cross maritime "family photo" tour with fellow folksters Bette et Wallet from Quebec City. With a "foot tapping" workshop, contra dancing, square dancing, and hard electric show, the old country church was-a-bustling with good vibrations. "I fell in love with this place last summer, and I just love coming back here" says Jane, of the Knowellsville scene. Now to get other artists to do the same, so that local talent really can find a receptive welcome back here where they belong!

Collaborative Community Art

On Sunday May 23rd the NB Dream Tank will be at the Knowlesville Kite Festival armed with a full artillery of paint, mortar, and tile to create an art installation which represents our collective vision of community.
What's your vision? How do you build vibrant rural community? Bring your kite, your friends, and your imagination to the big field on Simms Road to help create a lasting impression of what your community could be.

NB Dream Tank

Kind of like a Think Tank... but with vision...
This is the New Brunswick Dream Tank.

We've all heard the new government mantra to "Be... in this place", but what does that mean? Contemplating our navel and watching the fiddle heads grow?
What about jobs, entertainment, community, identity?
How can we shape our place on this land to create vibrant, dynamic, rural communities that meet our needs and dreams? How can we create opportunities for youth to stay and make a life in New Brunswick without having to flee for the western plains?

The Dream Tank is a process - constantly evolving. If you have ideas, aspirations, or itchy feet to create change then lets put the limbic regions of our collective brains together and create a place where we really do want to be.

BeatBox Harmonix and Subversive Spoken Word

The Outspoken Wordsmiths, a bi-coastal pair of beat boxing pirates who've taken to shore to spread their a-cappella antics & (A) political poetics By Any Means Necessary.

This will be a chance to pick the brains of some leading activists and talk about engaging citizens and fostering change, all to rhythmic back up beats.

Where: Knowlesville Art and Nature Centre, #10 Simms Road
When: Doors open at 7pm, Show starts at 8pm
Tickets: By donation at the door

Check it out: http://www.myspace.com/outspokenwordsmiths