This event is also a potluck. The Bloom Collective will provide vegan food. Please feel free to bring a dish to pass.

Saturday, Dec 3

1 – 3:00 PM

Bloom Collective

671 Davis NW

Saturday, November 12th, 2011 / 1-3pm

@ The Bloom Collective

Come join us for a potluck and discussion examining how local museums (Grand Rapids Public Museum, Fred Meijer Gardens, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum) continue to perpetuate oppression and favor the elite through their choice of exhibits and their portrayal of history. Bring a dish to pass as we discover what motivates these institutions choices around what they teach us… and what they don’t.

(Facebook event page)

November 25th, 2011 / 12-4pm

@ The Bloom Collective

Because there is enough for everyone. Because sharing is more fulfilling than owning. Because corporations would rather see landfills overflow than anyone get anything for free. Because “free trade” is a contradiction of terms. Because no one should have to do without food, shelter, entertainment, and community. Because life should be a picnic, but it only will be if we make it happen. Share your talents and skills with others.

No cash registers, no sales, no lines, just take what you need and leave the rest for others.

At 2:30pm we’ll show the film “What Would Jesus Buy?” which examines the commercialization of Christmas.

*We could always use volunteers with events like this,
so let us know if you’re interested in helping out!

(Facebook event page)

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday the Beehive Collective will be at Red Hydrant Press Studio. On Friday, they will be again be presenting on the True Cost of Coal, but will include more interactive elements in this presentation with participants.

On Saturday there will be a radical art-making workshop and on Sunday the Bees will offer a children’s workshop.

All 3 sessions will be at Red Hydrant Press Studio, located in the Tanglefoot Building on the Westside, the space is limited to 35 people. The event is free and open to the public, but they would greatly appreciate your donations. The Bloom Collective is also a co-sponsor of the events along with Red Hydrant Press Studio.

Friday 5:30 – 8:30PM             general public

Saturday 2:00 – 6:00PM             graphic workshop for artists (rsvp only)

Sunday 1:00 – 3:00PM             Kids workshop ages 7-12

For more information go to the Facebook event page.

Thursday, July 28, 2011 / 5-8pm

@ Stuff ~n~ Nonsense (just down the hall from The Bloom Collective)

We’re partnering with Camille at Stuff~n~Nonsense to learn about sewing our own clothes!

The introduction class will cover machine use, patterns, construction, and tools of the trade. Bring a sewing kit if you have one (scissors, thread), a project (or one will be provided), your own machine or learn on the machines at Stuff~n~Nonsense.  Cost will depend on class size – approximately $20 per person.

Please R.S.V.P. to bloomcollective[at]gmail.com – class size is limited!

More information about Stuff~n~Nonsense here.

June 26, 2011 / 12-5pm

@ The Bloom Collective

Join us for a RRFM on our lawn and come inside to check out the Bloom.

Bring clothes, books, etc. that you don’t want
& take free stuff that others drop off!

*We could always use volunteers with events like this,
so let us know if you’re interested in helping out!

We will be flyering the neighborhood on Saturday, June 18
during the Bloom’s open hours (12-4pm). Feel free to join!

(Facebook event page)

Ryan is stopping by GR for one night only!

8 p.m. MONDAY APRIL 11

His show focuses around folks in states getting hit hard by the tsunami wave of right-wing budget cuts and attacks on organizing.

A special local guest will open the show. $5 or $10 at the door.

For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons — everything from our forests, drinking water and oceans to our broadcast airwaves and and cultural works. This Land is Our Land bucks the rising tide of anti-government extremism and free market ideology to show how commercial interests are undermining our collective interests by placing the commons squarely within the American tradition of community engagement and the free exchange of ideas and information, Learn how a bold new international movement steeped in democratic principles is trying to reclaim our common wealth by modeling practical alternatives to the restrictive monopoly powers of corporate elites.

The Bloom will serve a light vegan supper at 6:30 p.m. Film begins at 7

Watch the Trailer
Sponsored by The Bloom Collective and Our Kitchen Table.

Guerilla Midwife
& panel discussion: Future of Birth in Michigan

Why is a film about a midwife serving the poor in the Philippines relevant to the Grand Rapids community? A community with its own Medical Mile boasting some of the most high-tech obstetric services available today?

Because birth is not about technology. It is about humanity. Not just the human infant or its immediate family, but about how we weave the very fabric of our culture. That fabric is warped, frayed, weak and unevenly woven. Getting back to humane birth—birth where the mother is empowered by her community to give birth naturally and in connection to herself and her child—is an essential piece to the sustainability of a humane human race.

While US obstetric units boast about the latest in ultrasound imagery, fetal monitoring capability, easy epidurals and a technological answer to every complication that might arise, our infant mortality rates remain embarrassingly high (second highest on the world with African American babies twice as likely to die).

Our infants grow to be preschoolers diagnosed as bi-polar and elementary students medicated for ADHD. Autism is practically an epidemic. And, when technology and prescribed medicines don’t do the trick, our teens turn to illegal drugs. As adults, we struggle not only with a host of health issues but also with dysfunction in our relationships.

What does that have to do with birth? Everything. Come and find out why—and to see the simple alternative that could start us on the path to reclaiming wellness, real community,  healthy relationships and a sustainable culture. See the event on Facebook

Sponsored by ICAN and The Bloom Collective, among others.

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Thursday March 10 6:30 – 8:30
At The Bloom Collective,
671 Davis NW (Steepletown Center, Davis & 5th)

Dinner & A Movie:
THIS LAND IS OUR LAND: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons

For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons — everything from our forests, drinking water and oceans to our broadcast airwaves and and cultural works. This Land is Our Land bucks the rising tide of anti-government extremism and free market ideology to show how commercial interests are undermining our collective interests by placing the commons squarely within the American tradition of community engagement and the free exchange of ideas and information, Learn how a bold new international movement steeped in democratic principles is trying to reclaim our common wealth by modeling practical alternatives to the restrictive monopoly powers of corporate elites.

The Bloom will serve a light vegan supper at 6:30 p.m. Film begins at 7

Watch the Trailer
Sponsored by The Bloom Collective and Our Kitchen Table.