Monday Night Live at Café Gratitude

I got an email from the lovely folks who run the Petaluma potluck about Monday Night Live, a new program at Café Gratitude's Healdsburg location. If you can't make it up to Sonoma, don't worry - all events will be tapes and posted online later! Here's the email:

Hey! Shea here!

For those of you who don’t know yet, or for those of you who do know, but don’t know how it’s coming along, I am excited to write this email and let you know that beginning in January 2009, I’m going to be working with Café Gratitude in an effort to bring live, weekly, educational speaking events to their Healdsburg location. (How Cool Is That?)

The project is called “Monday Night LIVE! @ Café Gratitude” and, as the name implies, will take place live, on Monday nights, at Café Gratitude. The events will be from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. This will allow people about an hour to arrive, order and eat, with the speaker / presenter going on at 7:30pm for 45 to 60 minutes.

I am PROUD to announce that Monday Night LIVE! @ Café Gratitude will kick off on Monday, January 12th, 2009, with the first speakers being Matthew and Terces Engelhart – the owners of Café Gratitude, and the authors of ‘The Abounding River’, and “Sacred Commerce.”

After Matthew and Terces we have quite an amazing line up of speakers manifesting!

Happy Oasis on January 19th,
Elaina Love on January 26th,
Cecilia Benjumea on February 2nd,
Lydia Kindheart on February 9th,
Dr.'s Rick and Karen Dina on February 16th,
Melissa Phillippe on February 23rd,
Laura Bruno March 9th,
Dina Knight on March 16th,
Don Allan Hardman on April 20th,
Kevin Gianni in June,
Bruce Horowitz on June 22nd,
Cherie Soria on June 29th,
and many more!

I am choosing speakers who are passionate about what they do, what they bring to the world, and how they live their lives – and they will primarily be pulled from the following communities: raw foods, alternative health, fitness, sustainable / green living, and spirituality / consciousness practices. Personally, my main interest in terms of topic is this:

Who Are They and Why? Who where they before they found what they do (their passion), and what was their life like then? How did they find what they do? How did they get into it? How has it affected their life? And, who are they now because of it? I am, however, always open to other ideas for topics, and I also trust your judgment,
so if you have any recommendations, suggestions or referrals for specific topics or speakers, please contact me at shea@shealynnbaird.com.

The events will all be filmed, and the videos will be posted on my blog, SheaShayShā,
as well as on my YouTube account.

The goals of the project are to create community, educate the public, have fun, and benefit all parties involved.

Please check the schedule often, as it is, and will be, updated regularly. And please consider making Monday Night LIVE! @ Café Gratitude what you do on a Monday night!

We ALL (Café Gratitude Healdsburg, the Presenters who will be traveling to be with us, and myself)need YOU to make this work!

Monday Night LIVE @ Café Gratitude
Located at Café Gratitude Healdsburg
206 Healdsburg Ave (inside the Olive Leaf)
Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: 707-723-4461
Hours: 9 am to 9 pm

Thank you! See you there!
Shea