Holiday Gift Collective brings together seven East Bay female artisans in Lafayette, CA
San Francisco, CA – With a global pandemic and wave of fires, many small businesses have shuttered under the conditions, while others have united in finding new ways to sustain themselves and support their local communities through their crafts.
Contra Costa County recently moved into Tier 2, allowing for the return of indoor retail shopping under state guidelines. The artisans and women behind Holiday Gift Collective are thrilled at the opportunity to safely showcase their goods and boost their local economy just in time for the holidays.
The idea for Holiday Gift Collective was born from the shared values of each of the participating artisans as well as from the #shoplocal movement which encourages people to invest in their communities with the goal of strengthening the economy. Holiday Gift Collective is a union in support of community and equality, and will offer home goods, jewelry, gourmet foods, and more.
In addition to continuing to pave the path for aspiring female entrepreneurs, Holiday Gift Collective hopes to encourage the community to work together in the fight against climate change. Brands such as Planet Renu, SIP, and Hofssi Chocolates will be presenting a variety of eco-friendly and ethically sourced products. Joining the list of green businesses will be Hollie's Homegrown, a local organic herb farm on a mission to create the highest quality herbal food and body products. All together, they will provide Holiday Gift Collective customers with unique and special gift options that reduce our carbon-footprint.
To learn more about the women behind Holiday Gift Collective, visit their sites: Anne Morrison Rabe Photography, Annie Chrietzberg, Hofssi Chocolates, Hollie’s Homegrown, Manjusha Jewels, Planet Renu, and SIP (Seriously Imbibed Products).
Located at 3539 Plaza Way, Lafayette, CA, the pop-up will run Sunday, Nov. 1 through the end of the holiday season from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local guest artisans will be featured on a rotating basis.
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Contacts
Holiday Gift Collective:
Sanjiv Chawla
sanjiv@manjushajewels.com
★2020 International Symposium on Neural Computing and Applications (ISNCA 2020)---Ei Compendex & Scopus—Call for paper
July 17-19, 2020｜Seoul, South Korea｜Website: www.isnca.org
★ISNCA 2020 provides researchers and industry experts with one of the best platforms to meet and discuss groundbreaking research and innovations in the field of Neural Computing and Applications.
International invited speakers are invited to present their state-of-the-art work on various aspects, which will highlight important and developing areas.
★Publication and Indexing
All accepted papers will be published in the digital conference proceedings which will be sent to be Indexed by all major citation databases such as Ei Compendex, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Inspec, SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), EBSCO, CrossRef, Thomson Reuters (WoS), etc.
A selection of papers will be recommended to be published in international journals.
★Program Preview/ Program at a glance
July 17: Registration + Icebreaker Reception
July 18: Opening Ceremony+ KN Speech+ Technical Sessions
July 19: Technical Sessions+ Half day tour/Lab tours
★Paper Submission
1.PDF version submit via CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ISNCA2020
2.Submit Via email directly to: isnca@hksra.org
★CONTACT US
Ms. Anna H. M. Wong
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Kom elke maand naar ’t Zonnehuis in Amsterdam-Noord voor de leukste familievoorstellingen! Fantasierijke, grappige en muzikale voorstellingen voor baby’s, dreumesen, peuters, schoolkinderen en natuurlijk hun (groot)ouders en begeleiders. We verwelkomen elke maand een ander gezelschap, variërend van poppen en objecttheater tot dans en zelfs circusacts. Deze serie wordt afgesloten met Familiefestival Kleurrijk, een feest van kleurexplosies, vormverrassingen en dansende kunstwerken. Een van de voorstellingen die hier te bezoeken is, is Voorstelling Het Grote Kleurenballet (4+) door Theaterstraat | Meboer & Bakker.
Tromgeroffel. “Jongens en meisjes, welkom bij Het Grote Kleurenballet!”. Een grote gele bal met vrouwenbenen doet een spectaculaire draai, een stoere blauwe streep met armen beweegt strak op de maat van de muziek. Steeds meer fascinerende kleuren en vormen komen het podium op. Alleen zijn sommige danspassen best lastig en de kostuums zijn prachtig maar ook groot en onhandig. Een voorstelling vol hilarische en slapstickachtige momenten.
Het Grote Kleurenballet is geïnspireerd op de beroemde choreografie het Triadische Ballet (1921) van Oskar Schlemmer Hierin komt abstracte, beeldende kunst letterlijk tot leven.
Voorstelling Het Grote Kleurenballet (4+) van Theaterstraat | Meboer & Bakker:Spel: Rianne Meboer, Suzanne Bakker, Tjebbe RoelofsRegie: Anne van DorpMuziek: Jolle RoelofsVormgeving: Calle de Hoog en Daphne KarstensDuur: 50 minutenLeeftijd: vanaf 4 jaar
't ZONNEHUIS OP ZIJN KOP is een samenwerking tussen de Janivo Stichting en Stichting Stadsherstel Cultureel om jeugdtheatermakers verder te helpen en het Zonnehuis toegankelijker te maken voor zowel de buurt als nieuw jong publiek.
Join Rob Feiner of RZF IMAGES for a Photo Cruise Tour Holland April 20-27, 2020
Here's what you have to do to join my Holland River Photo Cruise Tour:
Sign up for the 7-night river cruise on AMA Waterways' ship, the Amarkristina through Cruise Planners. By e-mail: mara.ohanyan@cruiseplanners.com. By phone: (o) 347-856-8849 or (c) 646-427-8351. Currently the per-person rate for this cruise starts at $3,348 and there is limited availablity at this price. (Airfare not included) Here is a link with the river cruise ship details and overall itinerary. PLEASE NOTE: it's criical to book this with Mara Ohanyan of Cruise Planners to get this special rate and be part of my River Photo Cruise Tour.
Then sign up for RZF IMAGES' Photo Cruise Tour segment here on Eventbite. The Early-Bird rate is $650, a $200 savings and includes you and your cabin-mate. Tickets at the Early-Bird rate are limited, so sign up quickly to take advantage of the savings. This is a small group tour limited to no more than 12 people.
Who is this Photo Tour for:
Any level of photographer, with any type of camera: SLR, Mirrorless, even Smartphone photographers
What you need:
A DSLR, Mirrorless camera or Smartphone camera. I will teach to any photographic level how to compose an image, deal with lighting situations, use of on and off camera flash.
An accessory flash (Speedlite) for the hotshoe of DSLR's and Mirrorless cameras. If you don't have one, I highly recommend investing in one.
LOTS of memory cards and battries. Always carry extra batteries for your camera model, and extra batteries for your flash units. Batteries are always more expensive in other countries and specific camera batteries may be near impossible to easily find.
Optional accessories:
Tripod and or/Platypod. Highly Recommended. See Platypod's website: https://platypod.com A Platypod allows you to get long exposure images, on this flat plate with a tripod ball head. This allows you to achieve unique angles for images images, and have a stable base from which to shoot in places which don't allow tripods. I will have one on the tour that people can also try out.
Wide angle lens for landscapes, architecture and photographing inside buildings like churches.
Marcro lens for close-up photography. If you're shooting with a smartphone, there are clip on macro and other lenses available at adorama.com and B&HPhoto.com. You can also rent cameras and lenses at Borrow Lenses or Lensprotogo.
A Small Continuous LED Light: To use as a fill light for photos or video. Affordably priced and available here.
A laptop computer if you want to do some editing in the evenings. PC or Mac. I will show you how to set up a workflow and some basic editing on my laptop.
Backup External Drive: Highly recommended. It's important to make sure to back up your images onto another computer or external hard drive. This Western Digital Portable Drive has a built-in SD card slot and battery storage that can also act as a cell phone charger. No computer needed to upload your photos from your memory card!
What you will learn on this tour:
How to capture not only iconic travel images but engaging images that will make you and your friends wonder if you've turned pro: We'll discuss and learn how to get new perspectives when shooting to upgrade your images to another level. Perspective, shooting angles, close-up photography will be demonstated and you'll then put those lessons to use in real time on our trip.
Photographing people and putting them in your scene: In addition to getting those photos with you and your friend/spouse/significant other in the picture, I'll offer you tips on approaching local people and how not to be intimidated by that; how to frame them and even pose them to get authentic looking images and about sharing those images with your new-found friends.
Use of available and artificial light: How to overcome harsh lighting conditions, backlit settings--avoiding them and dealing with them when there's no alternative--cloudy and rainy settings and how to use fill flash if you are using flash.
Using tripods, Platypods, putting Smartphone clamps on tripods: In low light settings you may want to use a tripod or other stabilizer to eliminate shake for longer exposures.
Basic photo editing and workflow. I'll show you how to easily organize your photos with Adobe Lightroom and also how to do basic edits that will make your images stand out even more.
And much more!
Who Am I:
Robert Feiner is the founder and owner of RZF Images. I'm a professional photographer and have been shooting professionally since 2004 and making images far longer. I've led studio photo workshops and outdoor workshops that focus on photographing people and have done an extensive amount of travel photography.
I've also taken a lot of workshops myself over the years and have noticed a couple of things about them: Many are geared for advanced amateur photographers (nothing wrong with that) and most of them tend to have spouses/partners/significant others who are left out on trips to do their own thing, or don't go on a multi-day photo workshop.
This photo tour is designed for the novice to advanced amateur photographer and is inclusive to someone's partner that isn't into photography. So while you as a serious photographer may want more technical tips and tricks to use your gear to the fullest, your partner may just want decent smartphone photos. And that's fine.
The common denomonator is that whatever your level, novice or serious photographer, you both want images that are properly exposed and have good light and composition. I'll give you instruction and tips at whatever level of photography you're at so you can make great images. And you'll both enjoy photography together, maybe for the first time!
For example:
Don't you wish as a novice smartphone photographer you could get an image with both the person in the foreground and the background properly exposed in all settings, instead of it being hit-or-miss?
What kind of shooting angles will make your images go from a cliched image to one that stops someone in their tracks?
How can you get people in your images that look natural and not posed?
Tips on connecting with locals and including them in your images for perspective showcasing a country's culture.
I'll show you how do achieve this and more on our tour. I hope you'll join me.
Feel free to contact me at rzfeiner@rzfimages.com for any questions about this tour.
Thank you and I hope you will join me and advance your photographic skills no matter what your photography level.
Please Note: There is a minimum number of signups necessary for this workshop to move forward. Should the minimum number of attendees not be met by 12/1/19, the photo tour workshop portion will be cancelled and you will recieve a 100% refund. The River Cruise portion could still happen and if you wish to cancel, that must be taken care of seperately. RZF Images Workshops and RZF Media LLC does not assume any liabilitiy for any cancellation fees, if any, from the cruise line for your cancellation of cruise bookings, nor of any airfare cancellation fees.
We offer the opportunity to condense a body massage course which usually takes 4 months into only 3 weeks. As the name suggests it is intensive and requires commitment on your behalf.
The Intensive Level 3 Certificate in Body Massage (ITEC) course provides training for giving safe massage treatments that are both commercially acceptable and performed in accordance with legislation and establishment rules.
Upon successful completion of the course you will be a fully qualified masseur who can gain insurance and set up your own business or gain employment within the industry.
Content
Whilst enrolled upon the course you will study three distinct units:
Body massage
Anatomy and physiology
Business Practice for Complementary Therapies
You will study anatomy and physiology which covers the following:
Body systems: skeletal, muscular, circulatory and lymphatic, neurological, endocrine, respiratory, digestive, urinary and reproductive
Histology
Anatomical planes and positions
Skin, hair and nails
Common pathologies affecting each body system
Applying the foundation of knowledge of anatomy and physiology, you will learn how to give a full body massage. During the course you will cover the following:
Full body massage using a variety of techniques
The treatment environment and the working area
Therapist appearance and behaviour
Client care and preparation
Legislation and working practices
Client consultations including contraindications and restrictions
Reflective practice
The history and philosophy of massage
Good practice and legal obligations
Principles and practice for complementary therapies
Whilst studying you will both give and receive massages so please be prepared; this is a practical, hands-on course.
The full course fee is £1600.
More information about the assessment and entry requirements can be found on the website: http://www.stmarys.ac.uk/short-courses/intensive-massage-course-level-3-itec.htm. Alternatively, contact us at shortcourses@stmarys.ac.uk or call 020 8240 4321 during office hours.
Tickets left at the box office for collection may be picked up on the day, during the hour before the performance starts. Please take the credit card used to make the booking and the Ticketmaster booking reference number as proof of purchase.
Ticketmaster UK: 0870 154 40 40, International: 00 44 161 385 3500
Monday - Saturday 10:00 - 18:00 and occasionally on Sunday.
Infra red hearing system with no deposit required. For special needs seating please call 0844 412 4648. Disabled toilet situated in the rear Stalls with ground level access There is no limit to the amount of Guide Dogs (within reason of course)