Open House at the VSDC Office and Annual Meeting
Restaurant Visit to Berwyn Cafe
Sat 9 October, at 12 noon
(College Park Maryland, 5010 Berwyn Road
<
http://maps.yahoo.com/?addr=5010+berwyn+rd&csz=20742>, near Rhode
Island Ave)
The October restaurant visit, with a special date and time, is at Berwyn
Café <
http://berwyncafe.net/>. Berwyn Cafe is an all-vegetarian /
mostly vegan restaurant (a few desserts have honey). They serve a
variety of sandwiches and salads, including tofu gyro sandwiches. VSDC
Board Member and folk musician Steven Gellman <
http://hiddenpoet.com/>
(
www.hiddenpoet.com <
http://www.hiddenpoet.com/>) will perform, as he
does on the second Saturday of every month, so come early to get your
food and a good seat. Berwyn Cafe is not walking distance from a Metro
station, but there is an hourly bus (83) from the College Park station
that leaves you a short walk from the restaurant. There's also the C2
bus from the Greenbelt Metro station.
Singles Restaurant Party and Movie
Sat 9 October, 5:00pm
Singles, join us for a restaurant party at Aladdin's (4044 S
28th Street, Arlington, VA (Shirlington), 703-894-4401,
_www.aladdinseatery.com_
<
http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/file://www.aladdinseatery.com>),
where the menu is about 50% vegetarian. We'll meet at 5pm and have
one section of the restaurant to ourselves, with three or four
tables. Each person will pay their own portion of that table's
bill. Just a half block away is the Cineplex Odeon Shirlington
Theater, with seven screens. After dinner, pairs or groups might
like to see a film. We'll have time to eat and socialize before a
typical 6:30 to 7:30 pm show time. Last January we had this same
event and 20 people attended. Some saw a film after eating, but
many stayed at the restaurant long after 7:30. It was very enjoyable.
Please contact Patricia by Friday, Oct 8th, if possible, if
you will be attending so she can give the restaurant a final count,
at
[email protected], 202-861-8393 office, 571-217-6029
cell. For anyone replying as late as Friday, please call the office
or cell number (don't use email).
Adopt-A-Road Cleanup
Sat 9 October at 11am
Silver Spring, Maryland
Please come out and help us work! You will get a great workout and get
to see VSDC's sign at the corner of Wayne Avenue and Sligo Creek
Parkway. We'll meet at 11am at the corner of Georgia and Wayne Avenues
at the small triangular park on the east side of Georgia Avenue (just
three blocks up the hill on Wayne Avenue from the Silver Spring metro,
red line). Bright vests, gloves, a "grabber," and garbage bags will be
provided. Please wear closed-toe shoes for your safety. At 11:15am
we'll start working, heading east along Wayne Avenue. We'll go
somewhere afterwards for some lunch or a snack. For general
information, see the VSDC Adopt-A-Road
<
http://www.vsdc.org/cleandc.html> page on the website.
When: October 12, 1994 January 14, 2005 (off last 2 weeks in
December 2004)
Where: Classes will be held at two locations:
SE Tennis and Learning Center
701 Mississippi Avenue, SE
(off Wheeler Road; near Congress Heights metro)
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 PM
ROC-North (former Petworth School)
801 Shepherd Street, NW, Room 245
(3 blocks from Georgia Avenue-Petworth metro)
Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 PM
Cost: Only $5 for entire course (Fee can be waived, if requested)
To register, contact VSDC at 202-362-8349 or
[email protected]
<
http://us.f514.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[email protected]&YY=43920&order=down&sort= date&pos=1>
and leave your name, number and the location you plan to attend (NW or
SE). You can also check out our website at
www.vsdc.org for up-to-date
information. The one-time $5 registration fee can be paid on the first
day of class (or can be waived, if requested).
VegFest DC 2004: Health, Ecology, and Ethics
Sat 23 October, 11 am to 7 pm
14th and U Streets, NW Washington DC
<
http://maps.yahoo.com/?addr=2000+14th+NW&csz=20009>
VSDC is excited to sponsor VegFest DC once again, and with the support
of the 14th and U Main Street Initiative <
http://14thandu.org/>. It
will take place at the Frank D. Reeves Center, one block west of the U
Street Cardozo Metro Station
<
http://wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=73>. This
one-day *event is free and open to the general public* and will include
a range of presentations on the powerful and empowering benefits of
vegetarianism as they relate to personal and public health,
environmental sustainability, the end of abuse and exploitation of
animals, and the alleviation of global hunger.
Sessions will feature prominent speakers, exceptional panels, and
creative food preparation demonstrations, to better understand the
compelling ideological reasons and also provide practical information on
how people can do it simply and successfully. Sessions, being
finalized, will be interspersed in a single track to enable all
participants to enjoy all sessions.
Many like-minded organizations will exhibit their materials and projects
while vendors will offer unique items, including fabulous vegan food!
Door prizes will be given and music is planned. All attendees will be
asked to register upon arriving, so we may better gauge the event's
success. Donations of vegan non-perishable food items will be collected
and given to Community of Hope <
http://communityofhopedc.org/>, a local
non-profit helping those in need in DC.
October, a special time for vegetarians, is Vegetarian Awareness Month,
and also includes World Vegetarian Day (1 October), World Farmed Animals
Day (2 October), St. Francis of Assisi's birthday (4 October), and
United Nations World Food Day (14 October). 15 October 2004 marks
VSDC's 77th anniversary!
**Volunteers are needed to assist us throughout the day. Please let us
know <
http://www.vsdc.org/contact.html> if you can help make VegFest DC
2004 an overwhelming success;
contact
http://www.vsdc.org/contact.html or call the veg-line at
202-362-VEGY, option 2. More details about the event will be posted on
our website by 15 October.
Book Club: Tell Me a Riddle, by Tillie Olsen
Wed 27 October at 7:30pm
Tell Me a Riddle
<
http://georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/olsen.html>
is a collection of four short stories, including a 1961 O. Henry Award
winner about a woman whose aspirations are dashed by the necessities of
life. VSDC members and friends who have read at least half the book are
welcome to participate. For the location, at least two days before the
meeting,
http://www.vsdc.org/contact.html At this meeting of the VSDC
Book Club
<
http://www.vsdc.org/book.html> (
http://www.vsdc.org/book.html), we also
vote for two upcoming books.
Singles - Vegetarian Halloween Party
Sat 30 October, 6:30pm
(Arlington VA, four blocks from the East Falls Church orange-line
Metro Station
<
http://wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=100>)
Singles, join us at Elizabeth's house. There will be a children's
pre-party starting at 5:30. The grown-up party will start at 6:30 and
go until whenever!!! The Halloween theme will be enhanced by
decorations, lights, lanterns, pumpkins, and music. Costumes and
dancing for the adventurous among us is encouraged but optional. You
are welcome to bring vegetarian finger foods and/or beverages if you
wish. No need to bring eating utensils or dishes. There will be
bobbing for apples. You might meet a few of the cats who live there.
Also invited are the Singletarians of the Unitarian Universalist Church
of Arlington <
http://uucava.org/Singletarians>. If you would enjoy a
pumpkin-carving party the Friday night before, let her know. To RSVP,
or to ask questions, email Elizabeth as far ahead of time as possible at
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]>. The day of the
party she will be very busy!
Raw Vegan Potluck
Sun 7 November, 4-7pm
Join us for a potluck at a location yet to be determined. Bring only
raw vegan food to share, preferably organic, and your own plate and
utensils with which to eat and serve. For location and other
information, contact Steve Seuser, coordinator of these monthly raw
vegan potlucks <
http://www.vsdc.org/raw.html>, at 202-986-7816 or
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]>.