Please pre-register and pay for all jewelry making and craft classes at least two days in advance
of the actual class, sooner, if possible, to guarantee yourself a spot in the class.

Laughter Club with Debra Joy Hart.  6-7pm on the first Thursday of Every Month

Working with Angels. Angels are the closest beings to humans.  They can only help us if
we ask.  This class teaches you how to establish a "heart link" with any angel to help you heal or
accomplish a goal. Cost : $10  Wednesday, April 14, 6pm

Crystals Used for Healing. Learn the healing powers of crystals, how to work with them,
cleanse them and get to know them.  Cost: $10 Thursday, April  15, 6pm-7pm

Boneyard Arts Festival Events at Beads N Botanicals on April 17

    Lampworked Beads Demonstrations: See how basic glass beads are formed using
    the ancient art of flameworking. Beads are made in the fire of a torch as you watch. Very
    little of the techniques used today are new; they are, in some cases, as ancient as the
    Phoenicians and ancient Egyptians. Beads have been part of human culture since we
    became human.

    Athan Chilton has been making jewelry and forming glass beads for many
    years in the Urbana area.  Friday, April 16: 2pm-3pm. April 17: 11am-12noon, 1pm-
    2pm   Cost: FREE.

    Rattle the Boneyard: Community Drum Circle- Bring a drum, rattle, instrument or
    just clap your hands. Beads N Botanicals is hosting a drum circle as a part of the Boneyard
    Arts Festival. Cost: FREE. From 2 pm-3:30pm  April 17, 2pm to 3:30pm

    The Trikhala Bellydance Troupe, made up of University of Illinois undergraduate and
    graduate students, will perform their style of tribal fusion dance-- a mixture of American
    tribal-style bellydance, traditional ethnic bellydance and contemporary dance styles such
    as hip-hop—at Beads N Botanicals. Come watch them dance and dance with them. April
    17, 3:30pm to 4:30pm

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April 22 Earth Day Celebrations:
Recycle, Repurpose, Reuse: Making Paper Beads: Great ways to recycle old magazines
and other paper into new art. Basic techniques for making paper beads for jewelry, beaded
curtains and more. Cost: $10 per adult; child (age 8 or older) with paying adult, $5, 1 hour,
materials included.  Thursday, April 22, DAYTIME LUNCH CLASS: 11:30 am

Secrets of Herbal Teas & Tinctures: Tasty and healthy brews. The differences between a
cup of tea, medicinal teas and herbal tinctures. How to prepare a medicinal herb tea. Cost: FREE  
Thursday, April 22, 6pm.
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Introduction to Wicca and Witchcraft. Modern Pagan Witchcraft, often
known as Wicca, is a dynamic balance of worship and magic.  Emerging from the Western
Esoteric Tradition in the middle of the twentieth century, the Craft roots itself firmly in the
sacredness of the natural world.  Ian Phanes has been a Witch since 1987. Cost: $20
preregistered; $25 at the door.  Saturday, April 24, 1pm

Introduction to Ceremonial Magic. Ian Phanes will teach this class. More details to come.
Cost: $20 preregistered; $25 at the door.  Saturday, April 24, 4pm

The Attitude of Gratitude: Learn why adopting an attitude of gratitude is so power and
beneficial to personal and spiritual growth and how the simple act of gratitude can change your
perspective and your consciousness. Cost: $10.  Wednesday, April 28, 6pm

The Seven Chakras. Learn about the “Wheels of Light,” seven basic energy centers of the body
and how they affect our health and well being. Cost: $10
Thursday, April  29, 6pm-7pm

Making a Wand for Healing and Focus: Work with crystals, wood and other natural
materials to make a wand that you can use to focus your intent for positive changes in your life
and surroundings. All materials provided (although you can feel free to bring special crystals or
other decorative materials.  Cost: $25 pre-registered by April 24, $35 at the door and after April
24.  Saturday, May 1, 1pm to 3pm

Dreamcatcher Workshop: Let’s Make A Dream Catcher. Marlita (Rainbow Buffalo) will
lead this workshop. You will use your vision, energy and creativity to make your own dream
catcher and decorate it the way you desire, while learning the history and application of this
sacred medicine.
             All materials will be provided. However, if you have special beads, feathers, animal hide
or hair with which you wish to decorate your dream catcher, bring them. If you choose to gather
willow or grapevine from Nature, gather it in a Sacred Way. Address and give thanks to each
direction - The Creator, Mother Earth, the East, the South, the West and the North. Give a tobacco
and Cornmeal offering to the plant, and now cut your branch.
             There will be an optional Pipe Ceremony before the workshop. (starting at 12 noon,
available to workshop participants only) It is traditional to gift the Pipe Carrier with tobacco,
sweetgrass, cornmeal, beads or some token of thanks and respect wrapped in red cloth. (money
is unacceptable)
             COST: Adult: $65. Child accompanied by a paying adult $15. Elder: (65 yrs +) $45. Please
pre-register and pay for this workshop by May 8th to guarantee your place in this workshop.  
Saturday, May 15, 1pm to 4pm (12 noon for the pipe ceremony)