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Weavers Way Petapalooza Festival Saturday, May 31, Celebrates Everything Animal

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PHILADELPHIA, May 13 — Weavers Way’s fourth annualPETAPALOOZA, a street festival celebrating dogs, cats, chickens, hamsters, horses and more takes place Saturday, May 31, 2014, from noon to 4 p.m.

Carpenter Lane between Greene and Sherman streets in Mt. Airy will be closed to vehicular traffic for the party, which is centered at the Co-op pet store at Weavers Way Across the Way, 608-610 Carpenter Lane.

This year’s Petapalooza theme is “Rescue Me.” Several rescue organizations, including the Pennsylvania SPCA, will be bringing animals who are ready for forever homes. Humans who adopt during Petapalooza will get free Weavers Way starter kits worth $50 filled with all kinds of kitty and doggie booty — including a full-size package of Wellness pet food — to help their furry new family members feel at home.

Petapalooza offers a great opportunity to talk to and learn from some of the most knowledgeable and reputable people in pet nutrition, pet training and animal advocacy. Pet-food vendors who promote diets free of byproducts or low-quality, generic ingredients will offer free samples. Local veterinarians, animal trainers, pet-care professionals, walkers, groomers and washers will be on hand. Of course, there will be live music and the famous Weavers Way Grill.

Fowl will represent too. Meet Philadelphia Backyard Chickens, a group that has made great strides toward making chickens legal again in the city. Look for the hens pecking around the Pet Store window at Weavers Way Across the Way — admire their plumage and throw a few mealworms for them to snack on!

Five percent of the day’s Pet Store sales will be donated to the participating nonprofit animal-rescue organizations.

In addition, all month long, Weavers Way Across the Way will be home to two animal benefit drop-offs.  Bring your well-loved stuffed animals for good-karma repurposing by Glad Dogs Nation (gladdogsnation.com),  which wil upcycle them into new dog plushy toys. The Co-op is also collecting supplies for the PSPCA — cardboard tubing, newspapers, and new or gently used pet bedding, towels and pet toys. Bring them to the Pet Store at Across the Way during business hours, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily, through May 31.

And the Petapalooza Paw-Purrazzi Pet Photo and Video Contest is in full swing! Through May 29, pet stage-moms and stage-dads can upload their photogenic furbaby’s best lick, trick or costume to the Paw-Purrazzi Facebook page(www.facebook.com/wwpetapalooza2014).

A panel of esteemed animal lovers and pet professionals will choose winners in three categories: Cutest Portrait, Best Costume and Best Trick Video. Plus, the pic with the most “likes” will be the People’s Choice winner. (We are a co-op, after all.) Winners will be announced during Petapalooza, around 3 p.m.

Here's a preliminary list of Petapalooza participants:

Rescue organizations
Brenda's Cats www.brendascatrescue.com
Greene Street Animal Rescuegreenestreetanimalrescue.vpweb.com
Morris Animal Refuge www.morrisanimalrefuge.org
PSPCA pspca.org

Adovcacy groups
The Humane League www.thehumaneleague.com
Leaping Bunny www.leapingbunny.org
Philadelphia Backyard Chickens www.facebook.com/groups/321078164597392

Animal professionals
Bad Dog Good Dog training (CJ Hazell)
Bark Play Love www.barkplaylove.com
Chris Switky dog training
Canine Partners for Life k94life.org
Mt. Airy Animal Hospital www.mtairyvet.com
Philadelphia Saddle Club philadelphiasaddleclub.blogspot.com
Queenie's Pets www.queeniespets.com

Pet Foods and Supplies
Acana www.acana.com
Annamaet www.annamaet.com
Glad Dogs Nation gladdogsnation.com
Merrick www.merrickpetcare.com
Orijen www.facebook.com/OrijenDogandCatFoods
Primal Pet Foods ‎www.primalpetfoods.com
Top Quality Dog Food www.topqualitydogfood.com
Verus www.veruspetfoods.com‎
Weruva www.weruva.com

Miscellaneous vendors
Mucho Bueno food truck eatmuchobueno.com
Primex Garden Center primexgardencenter.com
Roadside Linen Arts www.facebook.com/pages/Roadside-Linen-Arts/133104860202412‎
Spoil Yourself upcycled jewelry

About Weavers Way: Founded in 1973 as a neighborhood buying club, the Co-op now encompasses two grocery stores, three specialty shops in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill and still growing. Weavers Way is member-owned and open to everyone. We are committed to offering quality products that are local, sustainable and nutritious. For more information, visitwww.weaversway.coop.

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Answer the Kale April 26 at Weavers Way's VEGANFEST

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PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 17, 2014 — Established vegans and newbies, curious omnivores and adventurous flexitarians from all over are invited to check out the sights, sounds and, of course, FLAVORS of Weavers Way VEGANFEST 2014.

VEGANFEST 2014 is Saturday, April 26, from noon to 4 p.m. at Carpenter Lane and Greene Street, outside and around Weavers Way Mt. Airy.

Our sidewalk marketplace will feature vegan product sampling (look for juices from Mt. Airy’s Juice Room) and demos, local crafters and artisans, live music and belly dancing and of course, the famous Weavers Way All Vegan Grill.

This year, we also have a very special guest — Philadelphia Celebrity Vegan Vance Lehmkuhl, the blogger behind philly.com’s “V for Veg.” Vance is a writer, musician and cartoonist, and he can talk, too. He’ll be animating the plant-forward scene starting around 12:30 p.m.

In addition, Deborah Nelson, author of “The Hurried Vegetarian” will be talking about and signing her book.

The musical lineup includes songwriter Sarah Bunch and keyboardist and Weavers Way Vegan King Norman Weiss (37 years without animal products!) from noon to 12:30; Ron Kravitz Percussion at 2:15; songwriter/singer/guitar-and-violinist Rosa Diaz at 3; and Dion Sujatmiko Indonesian R&Bat 3:30.

Our belly dancers are Danielle at noon and Rukmini Spiritosoat 2.

We are also very pleased to welcome our good friends from the Humane League. Representatives from this important mission-driven organization will be on hand to explain vision of a humane and sustainable world for animals — and people too. Weavers Way will be raffling a wonderful gift basket of vegan and whole foods, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Humane League.

The Weavers Way Food Justice Committee is sponsoring a nonperishable foods drive to benefit the Whosoever Gospel Mission in Germantown, so bring a can or box.

Keep an eye on the Weavers Way website,www.weaversway.coop, for additions and updates.

To go vegan is to make a statement. It’s a diet that accommodates not only those seeking optimal health, but also demonstrates a hefty social conscience. Vegans, by restricting their food consumption to vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, grains and legumes, say NO to mainstream industrial food production and its often wasteful, toxic trails. They can legitimately lay claim to a position of full responsibility for the social, ethical and environmental consequences of their choices.

So check out VEGANFEST — you might get inspired!

About Weavers Way: Founded in 1973 as a neighborhood buying club, the Co-op now encompasses two grocery stores and three specialty shops in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill. Weavers Way is member-owned and open to everyone. We are committed to offering quality products that are local, sustainable and nutritious. For more information, visit www.weaversway.coop.

Answer the Kale April 26 at Weavers Way's VEGANFEST

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PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 17, 2014 — Established vegans and newbies, curious omnivores and adventurous flexitarians from all over are invited to check out the sights, sounds and, of course, FLAVORS of Weavers Way VEGANFEST 2014.

VEGANFEST 2014 is Saturday, April 26, from noon to 4 p.m. at Carpenter Lane and Greene Street, outside and around Weavers Way Mt. Airy.

Our sidewalk marketplace will feature vegan product sampling (look for juices from Mt. Airy’s Juice Room) and demos, local crafters and artisans, live music and belly dancing and of course, the famous Weavers Way All Vegan Grill.

This year, we also have a very special guest — Philadelphia Celebrity Vegan Vance Lehmkuhl, the blogger behind philly.com’s “V for Veg.” Vance is a writer, musician and cartoonist, and he can talk, too. He’ll be animating the plant-forward scene starting around 12:30 p.m.

In addition, Deborah Nelson, author of “The Hurried Vegetarian” will be talking about and signing her book.

The musical lineup includes songwriter Sarah Bunch and keyboardist and Weavers Way Vegan King Norman Weiss (37 years without animal products!) from noon to 12:30; Ron Kravitz Percussion at 2:15; songwriter/singer/guitar-and-violinist Rosa Diaz at 3; and Dion Sujatmiko Indonesian R&Bat 3:30.

Our belly dancers are Danielle at noon and Rukmini Spiritosoat 2.

We are also very pleased to welcome our good friends from the Humane League. Representatives from this important mission-driven organization will be on hand to explain vision of a humane and sustainable world for animals — and people too. Weavers Way will be raffling a wonderful gift basket of vegan and whole foods, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Humane League.

The Weavers Way Food Justice Committee is sponsoring a nonperishable foods drive to benefit the Whosoever Gospel Mission in Germantown, so bring a can or box.

Keep an eye on the Weavers Way website,www.weaversway.coop, for additions and updates.

To go vegan is to make a statement. It’s a diet that accommodates not only those seeking optimal health, but also demonstrates a hefty social conscience. Vegans, by restricting their food consumption to vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, grains and legumes, say NO to mainstream industrial food production and its often wasteful, toxic trails. They can legitimately lay claim to a position of full responsibility for the social, ethical and environmental consequences of their choices.

So check out VEGANFEST — you might get inspired!

About Weavers Way: Founded in 1973 as a neighborhood buying club, the Co-op now encompasses two grocery stores and three specialty shops in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill. Weavers Way is member-owned and open to everyone. We are committed to offering quality products that are local, sustainable and nutritious. For more information, visit www.weaversway.coop.

Weavers Way GREEN CITY FEST Features New Urban Farming Film 'Growing Cities'

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PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 14, 2014 — What better way to top off Earth Day than a night out with Weavers Way?

On Tuesday, April 22, the Co-op and a half dozen of our partners will host GREEN CITY FEST at Earth Bread + Brewery, 7136 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy. 

GREEN CITY FEST starts with Happy Hour at 4:30 p.m., with a cash bar and special menu items using early spring ingredients from Weavers Way Farms.

Our Mt. Airy neighbor, Big Blue Marble Bookstore, is sponsoring a reading by poet Susan Windle, whose themes are predominantly eco/nature.

Then, at 7 p.m., we’ll be hosting a free screening of a new documentary film about urban farming in America, "Growing Cities."

“Growing Cities” documents the two-month coast-to-coast road trip filmmakers Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette embarked upon to examine the role of urban farming. Sadly, the pair missed Philadelphia, although they did visit New York, Detroit, New Orleans, Seattle and a score of cities in between. They show people from coast to coast who, as the film’s promo material says, “are challenging the way this country grows and distributes its food, one vacant city lot, rooftop garden, and backyard chicken coop at a time.”

“Growing Cities” was released in Fall 2013 at film festivals and is being shown this spring in community screenings at events like GREEN CITY FEST. To learn more and watch the trailer, visitwww.growingcitiesmovie.com/the-film/ .

GREEN CITY FEST sponsors, along with Weavers Way, Weavers Way Community Programs and the Weavers Way Food Justice Committee, include the Earth Day Network, the Schuylkill Center, Slow Food Philadelphia, GMO Free PA, Protecting Our Waters and the Coalition Against Hunger.

About Weavers Way: About Weavers Way: Founded in 1973 as a neighborhood buying club, the Co-op now encompasses two grocery stores and three specialty shops in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill. Weavers Way is member-owned and open to everyone. We are committed to offering quality products that are local, sustainable and nutritious. For more information, visitwww.weaversway.coop.

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