Red Cross will hold annual meeting
TRAVERSE CITY -- The American Red Cross of Northwest Michigan will host its annual meeting on Friday.
All members of the Northwestern Region of the American Red Cross are invited. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Red Cross office, 735 S. Garfield Ave. Membership is open to anyone who has volunteered their time, or made donations of blood or money to help sustain the mission of the Red Cross.
Seating is limited. For details or reservations, call 947-7286.
Planned Parenthood hosts Bandana Party
CROSS VILLAGE -- The community is invited to an "Indigo Bandana Party." The event is part of "Sister! Act!," a grassroots fundraising initiative created in response to a cut in government funding to Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan in Petoskey.
The fundraiser will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Three Pines Studio at the intersection of Levering and State roads. Guests will be able to express their creativity by tie-dying bandanas using indigo ink and their own designs. There also will be live music by Dr. Goodhart's Home Remedy, and lunch provided by Midway Munchies, with dessert from Tom's Mom's Cookies and Symon's General Store.
A donation of $25 for adults and $12.50 for children ages 7 to 17 is requested. There is no charge for children ages 6 and younger. Additional bandanas will be available for $1.50 each. For details or reservations, call Leah Cole, 347-3710.
Living Light offers pregnancy workshop
TRAVERSE CITY -- Living Light Massage & Wellness Center will offer a stress-free pregnancy workshop.
The event will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the center, 134 W. State St. Registration is limited to the first 20 moms-to-be. For details or to register, visit www.livinglightmassage.com.
Sleep expert will give presentation
CHARLEVOIX -- Dr. James B. Maas will give an informal lecture on Tuesday titled "Everything You Should Know About Sleep, But Are Too Tired To Ask."
Maas is a Weiss Presidential Fellow and a member of the faculty of the Weill-Cornell Medical College. He conducts research on the relationship between sleep and performance and has produced nine prime-time national television specials for PBS. His films have won 42 major film festival awards. Oprah Winfrey recently devoted an entire show to Maas and his work on sleep and performance.
The program will start at 7 p.m. at the Charlevoix Public Library, 220 W. Clinton. There is no charge and the public is welcome. For details, call 237-7340.
Yoga Roots host kirtan ensemble
PETOSKEY -- The Prema Rupa Kirtan Ensemble will perform July 8 at Yoga Roots.
The Phoenix ensemble is part of a growing movement that employs East Indian melodic and rhythmic traditions for group singing designed to encourage rhythmic breathing, balance and equanimity. Kirtan participants typically sing together, or in "call and response" fashion, where a chant leader sings out the lines with participants singing back the same lines together. A good voice is not essential and singing is not even essential to derive the benefits. Listening attentively to the music may also uplift and inspire the listener.
The kirtan event will begin at 8 p.m. at Yoga Roots, 413 Howard St. Tickets are $20 in advance at the Grain Train, 347-2381, Petoskey; and Song of the Morning, (989) 983-4107, Vanderbilt. Tickets at the door are $25.
Grief support series scheduled to begin
BELLAIRE -- Pastoral bereavement educator and companion John Chuchman will facilitate a grief support group series for anyone experiencing a loss of any kind.
The progressive series will be offered from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on five Wednesdays from July 9 through Aug. 6 at Meadow Brook Health Care Facility on M-88. Participants should plan on attending all five sessions and advance registration is required. For details or to register, call Ramona Belanger at Meadow Brook, 533-8661, ext. 103, or Chuchman, 544-8019.
