Visions of Utopia Film Screening

[Frank Raymond Cetera]

"Ordinary people with extraordinary visions tell their stories of
living and working together to build a better world" - Visions of
Utopia: Experiments in Sustainable Culture

Come together at the Westcott Community Center during the Westcott
Bulb Project Garden Extravaganza to view this award winning
documentary (The Communal Studies Association's Outstanding Project
Award)and take part in a panel discussion with communitarians from
around Syracuse (including Bread and Roses House, Common Place Land
Trust, and the New Environment Association).

Link to Full Size .pdf Version of Flyer -http://files.meetup.com/
1482468/Visions_Flyer1.pdf

"Visions of Utopia" (94 min.) is a great way to experience a sampling
of community life "up close." You can see and hear community members
tell their stories in their own words.

Part One includes: Profiles of seven diverse communities. Exploration
of the "glue" that holds communities together. Honest revelations
about what is working and what is not. A brief history of 2500 years
of shared living.

The communities featured in Part One are as follows: Ananda Village
(Nevada City CA) Breitenbush Hot Springs (Detroit OR) Camphill Special
School (Glenmoore PA) Earthaven (Black Mountain NC) Nyland Cohousing
(Lafayette CO) Purple Rose (San Francisco CA) Twin Oaks (Louisa VA)

This event is part of the Westcott Garden Extravaganza which includes:
Free flower bulbs (for Westcott residents), view our award-winning
film, purchase fresh vegetables, flowers and handspun yarn from Daily
Harvest Farm's Farmers marketwww.dailyharvestfarm.com, enjoy live
music by Larry Hoyt and Friends; buy handwoven baskets from Ghana
ideal for organizing your garden tools or harvesting the fruits of
your labor, from Bluetree Studios, purchase a pumpkin for your child,
hyacinth and allium bulbs, earth-sourced jewelry and note cards from
Songs of Earth and support the WCC Kid's Club bake and perennial plant
sale/fundraiser.

See full Press Release here. -http://files.meetup.com/
1482468/2010%20Garden%20Extravaganza%20Release.pdf

Join the discussion, or RSVP to this Meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/Permaculture-and-Urban-Homesteading/calendar/14654192/