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Helm’s Deep (630 E Atwater ave) is having a potluck and craft night on
Wednesday 02/01 at 7pm. We will have supplies to make masks for the
upcoming party. Come and bring some food!

Saturday 02/04 starting at 10pm: Masquerade party at the Deep. Drinks,
music and fun provided. $2 cover unless you bring a mask and a cup! Come
and bring some friends!

We cannot wait to see you all

*The Deep*

Tamales for dinner this Wednesday at Woodlandia. Join.

(Development party afterwards.)

The National Cooperative Development Act is happening

Nina and Devin on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
35mm ilford hp5+, canon ae-1
chicaco, illionois
december, 2011 

(Source: eduardoizq)

Chris

Hey. I’m Chris, a.k.a. “Opher,” “Harry,” “Marmalade” ; ) I’m a researcher (postdoc), musician, and left left liberal. Originally from Miami (FL). I’ve been living in the co-op (Helms Deep) for the past 6 months; originally as a kind of personal experiment, with relatively few expectations. Life in the co-op has been full of challenges, surprises and lots of unforeseen benefits! For example, the idea of cooking for 12 others, or for potlucks—with even larger numbers—initially terrified me. In the co-op I’ve had the opportunity to cook with several more experienced chefs, and now I genuinely love cooking for large numbers (the larger, the better!) It has also been great seeing what wonderful things can come from building community—when people pool their minds, efforts and resources!

Charis

I’m Charis, and I live in Bag End, the awesome little house on the
West Side. Things I like include fermentation, Zimbabwean music and
fiddle tunes, raw food, and my cat who everyone hates but me. I’m
especially stuck on a big new project, though, which you might call
Occupy Bloomington but I like to refer to as The Revolution, and I
haven’t figured out yet how to balance it with every other thing in my
life. I also am a newcomer to really, really liking hugs. I like
building communities, dialoguing with people, and fighting for new
ways of life.

Ana

I am a very distracted young woman that wants to do too many things at once. I believe this is the main characteristic of my personality that my friends complain about, but most of them still love me :) - I hope. I am interested in understanding humans and their choices, and also how we can live better in this world together, even with so many different crazy creatures around. I moved to the coop in August 2011 and I love it. It is great to be surrounded by people that care for something in a very intense way, and people that are willing to take you with them into their adventures. At the same time you find partners for your own endeavors, it does not matter what… You could be into growing your own food, writing and performing songs, or hanging hammocks around the house. I am from Brazil and I am currently studying Anthropology in Bloomington.

pterodactyl wizard

i’m the mascot of woodlandia. i love jumping and eating granola.

Tamara

oh hey…. I am a graduate student in sociology but really I am just trying to stay a student as long as I can and sociology was generous enough to accept me (I might also be interested in immigration policies). I love music, the color yellow, biking, cities, meals, and people. Thankfully the coop gives me tons of people to play, talk, laugh, and eat with. I especially like when I get to cook with my fellow co-opers and when we invent songs about unicorns and narwhals. I want to live many places, but stay with my friends.

Woodlawn will host BCL’s first potluck of the year.

It’s the year of the cooperative! Join us in celebrating the start of it.

7pm Wed., 01.11.12.
418 S. Woodlawn Ave.

Hey everyone,

   This Monday eve (12/19), Helms Deep will be hosting our weekly Potluck, between 6:30-8 pm! 

   A more specific theme may be announced in the next 24 hrs. Otherwise, it will simply be good people and good pre-holiday food, with a little of our most recent homebrew (The Tucuxi Wet Goddess Smooth Nut Brown) thrown in! Feel free to invite beyond the co-op and/or contribute in any way you please! 

   The Potluck will be followed immediately (at 8) by a meeting to vote on our contract with ACC, for the purchase of the Old Middle Way House property. If you cannot attend, please make your opinion known through someone that will attend! 

   A final contract will circulate within the next 24 hrs.

Peace, love, 
narwhals, 

Chris

Helms Deep Christmas Decorations 12/3/11

Warm up at Woodlawn

The Woodlawn house is throwing our monthly potluck! We have themed it
‘Warm up at Woodlawn - a night of soups, breads, and music.’ Please
bring a dish, drink, and/or musical instrument to contribute.

Join tonight, Dec 3rd, at 7pm!

Come lend a hand milking the unicorn!