BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Live The Dream - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://livethedream.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Live The Dream REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180421T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180421T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T180207 CREATED:20180315T154112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180315T154112Z UID:377-1524308400-1524326400@livethedream.org SUMMARY:Poly Progress: Is Legalized Group Marriage Ahead? DESCRIPTION:In the last few years progress has been made in terms of legal standing of those who live a poly life style. Visiting rights for poly partners who have helped raise a child they no longer live with is one such milestone. Another is protection (at least in San Francisco!) against job discrimination based on lifestyle—Gay\, Poly\, etc. \nA child can’t be removed from the home of a mother or father who chooses to be in a triad or larger group marriage unless harm to the child is actually proven in court in some jurisdictions in the US and certainly in other parts of the world. We have had people show up at Live the Dream meetings who actually had three or four mothers (though generally one father) from Africa and other countries. Where they came from\, this was not unusual.   We will also discuss Robert Rimmer’s Proposition 31\, published 1968. It is speculative fiction about how legislation legalizing group marriage might be passed through our political process-one of his best “couple meet couple\, they fall in love\, get married and raise kids together” stories. \nWhat would it take to speed the legalization of group marriage in the US? Let’s brainstorm it! URL:https://livethedream.org/event/poly-progress-is-legalized-group-marriage-ahead/ LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180317T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180317T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T180207 CREATED:20180315T153608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180315T153608Z UID:373-1521284400-1521302400@livethedream.org SUMMARY:Poly Oriented Novels By Ursula Le Guin DESCRIPTION:Happy St Patrick’s Day!   Pot Luck Lunch(1pm): LTD provides corn beef and cabbage + Irish Music to enjoy it by.  Bring healthy side dishes and desserts to share. \nWe note the passing this year of Ursula K. Le Guin\, aged 88.  Ms. Le Guin was a highly respected author who changed the nature of science fiction and fantasy\, blurring the boundary between them\, through her innovative exploration of human (and nonhuman) nature in extraordinary settings. \nHer story\, A Fisherman of the Inland Sea\, found in the collection of the same title\, describes a world where most marriages are a “sedoretu” of two couples\, which may be expanded to include up to 8 participants.  There are rules about who in a marriage is expected to have sex with whom\, and who may not\, as society is divided into two halves (“moieties”) to prevent inbreeding. This is clearly a form of polyamory\, although with additional restrictions. \nThe Left Hand of Darkness is one of Ms. Le Guin’s best known works\, which influenced the conversation and direction of feminism when it was published.  It is set in a cold world where the population is ambisexual: most days of the month an individual is essentially sexless\, but for a few days a month a person may become & mate as either female or male.  Thus\, a person can be both a father and a mother; gender roles are fluid.  The story has been criticized as overly masculine\, a position to which Ms. Le Guin eventually conceded\, leading her to write the stories “Winter’s King” and “Coming of Age in Karhide” as more feminized counterpoints. \n“The Matter of Seggri”\, winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award in 1994\, explores a world in which women are plentiful and males are rare.  In this society\, gender roles are very different than those of our current\, Western world. \nThe study of these stories is a worthwhile exploration of the author’s vision of alternative lifestyles and genders.  The study of the study of these stories is a worthwhile exploration of our society’s changing views on gender and sex. \n2-4 pm Socialize in the clothing optional Hot tub. Bring sandals and a towel. URL:https://livethedream.org/event/poly-oriented-novels-by-ursula-le-guin/ LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171118T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T180207 CREATED:20171024T183033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171024T183033Z UID:332-1511002800-1511020800@livethedream.org SUMMARY:Getting the Love & Friendship You Desire (and making what you already have even better!) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://livethedream.org/event/getting-the-love-friendship-you-desire-and-making-what-you-already-have-even-better/ LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170915T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170917T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T180207 CREATED:20170615T223651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170615T223651Z UID:292-1505469600-1505664000@livethedream.org SUMMARY:Live the Dream’s 30th Anniversary Year DESCRIPTION:We will feature excerpts from Fifty Years of Polyamory by Glen Olson and Terry Brussel \n(being offered to publishers at this writing) throughout the year! \nConfirmed: Oberon Zell\, founder of the Church of All Worlds\, will be our Keynote speaker on Saturday September 16 10 am for Live the Dream’s 30 anniversary! \n   \nGlen Olson speaks to us about Fifty Years of Polyamory Through Our Eyes Saturday at 2 pm. \nSensitivity exercises for Growing Closer verbal and non-verbal Friday night and throughout weekend when other things are not happening. \nSensual couple and group massage Saturday Night led by Terry and Craig. \nThe event will take place at Penfield House in Winnetka. Some crash space is available in the house by prearrangement with tent camping available (even a limited number of tents including a couple big enough for 6 people) by calling ahead in the front and back yards. \nClose by motels are another option if you wish greater comfort. \nAccess to showers and Hot Tub available all week end. \nFriday night dinner LTD provides homemade chicken soup + Pot Luck\nBreakfast Saturday LTD provides omelets + Pot Luck\nLunch Saturday LTD provides Salmon and Tuna salad + Pot Luck.\nWe will order Pizza Saturday night—provided by LTD.\nBrunch of Fruit\, Cream Cheese and Bagels Sunday is provided by Live the Dream. \nYou bring a dish big enough for 10 as well as snacks for yourself and to share. \nA-F   Your favorite Meat\, cheese\, nut\, fish or other delicious protein dish\nG-M Juices or fresh fruit\nN-R   Salads\nS-Z    Desserts and treats. \nPrice for this event is $75 for a single\, couples $120 until 8-17-17. After that\, singles $100 and couples $160.  Call 818-886-0069 to put this on a credit card or send checks made out to Live The Dream to 8515 Penfield Ave. Winnetka\, Calif 91306 URL:https://livethedream.org/event/live-the-dreams-30th-anniversary-year/ LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T180207 CREATED:20170615T222622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170615T222622Z UID:287-1500116400-1500134400@livethedream.org SUMMARY:Will You Multi Marry Me? DESCRIPTION:Fiction authors such as Heinlein\, Spider Robinson and Marion Zimmer Bradley have offered us marriage ceremonies for joining with more than one significant other.  We will discuss not only the ceremonies themselves\, but the promises being made and the effect of the future of the relationships being committed to.  In the real world\, the Church of all Worlds\, Loving More and others have created such vows & ceremonies for current use. We will have examples of those as well. \n6 pm on Pot luck dinner followed by FILK— (science fiction folk songs) from such serious ones as Ballad of Apollo 13 to the outrageously funny Star Trek filk song ‘Banned from Argo’.   We have some specifically poly ones\, too\, including those based on Heinlein’s writings.  Ask for your favorite topic or science fiction book and flikers will find or create it! URL:https://livethedream.org/event/will-you-multi-marry-me/ LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170617T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170617T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T180207 CREATED:20170513T174815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170513T174815Z UID:268-1497697200-1497715200@livethedream.org SUMMARY:WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME\, Will You Still Need me\, Will You Still Feed me WHEN I’M 64? DESCRIPTION:THIS IS LIVE THE DREAM’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR!  SPECIAL WEEKEND LONG EVENT IS PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER 15\, 16 AND 17TH (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON). MORE ON THIS IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER. \nRegistration for Califur is CLOSED. For more information go here. URL:https://livethedream.org/event/will-you-still-love-me-will-you-still-need-me-will-you-still-feed-me-when-im-64/ LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T180207 CREATED:20170408T070831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170408T070831Z UID:254-1495278000-1495296000@livethedream.org SUMMARY:Shifting Realities\, The Mandela Effect and Number Of The Beast DESCRIPTION:Led by Linda Fitack and Terry Lee Brussel\nLinda has written a book called the Mandela Effect. (click here: www.amazon.com/Mandela-Effect-Confabulation-Fact-ebook/dp/B01I7V60YS). It is not science fiction\, but is about the result of experiments being done by real scientists which are creating micro black holes. This is causing individuals to shift from one possible reality which they were born into to other realities which may differ only insofar as where you put your keys or so different as to contain major bridges where there were none and differing size and location of continents. \nTerry is a certified clinical hypnotherapist (since 1969) who has done psychic readings on parallel lives and taught workshops in how to be aware of one’s own parallel selves living concurrently with us in realities where you made a different decision about what your career would be or who you would marry. This is real\, too\, rather than fantasy\, and has been proven fact as Terry’s knowledge from other realities can be used in this one situation where she had no other access to that knowledge than her window into another reality. \nHow does this relate to polyamory?  Considering the shifting of realities and the different versions of your lifemate(s) you may have already encountered without realizing it\, we may all be poly! Heinlein’s Number of the Beast and To Sail Beyond the Sunset offer alternate realities\, group marriages which have members from several of them in the same group\, and things we can use to\nmake our multiple relationships in the real(?) world work. \nPot Luck lunch 1 pm\nSocializing in clothing optional hot tub 2-4 URL:https://livethedream.org/event/shifting-realities-the-mandela-effect-and-number-of-the-beast/ CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170317 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170319 DTSTAMP:20260426T180207 CREATED:20170304T201858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170304T201858Z UID:225-1489770000-1489856399@livethedream.org SUMMARY:Poly Next Generation and Happy St Patrick’s Day! DESCRIPTION:Poly Next Generation and Happy St Patrick’s Day!\nRichard and his wife Devon discuss their lifestyle which is alternative in more ways than one. Devon is several years older than her husband. Their marriage is an open one and both\nof them are bi. Richard’s parents lived the poly lifestyle as he was growing up. His Mother\, Mary\, will share a bit about that… \n1 pm Pot luck lunch\nBring fresh fruit\, salads and your favorite Irish dishes to go with the corn beef and cabbage provided by LTD.\n2 – 3:30 pm\nSpring Equinox Ritual\nled by our High Priestess Ealswythe!\n3:30 – 5:00\nSocializing in the hot tub with Irish Music playing \nThe spring equinox is one of the four great solar festivals of the year. Day and night are equal\, poised and balanced\, but about to tip over on the side of light. The spring equinox is sacred to dawn\, youth\, the morning star and the east. The Saxon goddess\, Eostre (from whose name we get the direction East and the holiday Easter) is a dawn goddess\, like Aurora and Eos. Just as the dawn is the time of new light\, so the vernal equinox is the time of new life. \n\nAll Live the Dream events are 11am – 4pm on 3rd Saturdays\n8515  Penfield  Ave  in Winnetka\,  Ca.  91306 (unless  otherwise  specified).\nNew: Donation suggested for parties (not including  Passover) and regular day time meetings: Ladies Free with potluck dish.  Gentlemen: non-members $10 Members $5 Bring something for the pot luck. URL:https://livethedream.org/event/live-the-dream-3rd-saturday/ LOCATION:Live the Dream Center\, 8515 Penfield Ave.\, Winnetka\, CA\, 91306\, United States CATEGORIES:Live The Dream 3rd Saturday END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR