2003 Common Ground Fair highlights

Ongoing

. Continuous spinning demonstrations by the Wednesday Spinners, all day Friday-Sunday, Wednesday Spinners’ Area.

. Children’s Garden Parades, 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. each day, Children’s Area, arrive 15 minutes early to dress up.

. “Mountain Bike Cleaning and Fix a Flat,” presented by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine, 11 a.m. Sept. 19 and 20, Bicycle Parking.

Friday, Sept. 19

. “Eat Your Lawn – Replace Mowing with Snipping and Grazing Herbs,” by Pat Blake, 10 a.m., Herb Tent.

. “Globalization – A Threat to the World Food Security of the Excluded,” by keynote speaker Juvelina Palma in Spanish, 11 a.m., the Common.

. “Freedom and Safety: Preserving Civil Liberties after 9-11; Just What is the Patriot Act?” by Louise Roback of Maine Civil Liberties Union, noon, Social & Political Action Speakers’ Tent.

. The Humble Farmer, humorist, noon, Spotlight Stage.

. Inanna, 12:30 p.m., Amphitheater.

Saturday, Sept. 20

. Roving performances by Coconut Grove, Sept. 20, throughout the fairgrounds.

. “Protecting the First Environment: Ecological Threats to Pregnancy, Birth and Breast Milk,” by keynote speaker Sandra Steingraber, 11 a.m. Sept. 20, the common.

. “Human Harness for Logging,” by Paul Roland, noon Sept. 20, Low Impact Forestry Tent.

. “Herbs for Easing Premenopausal Stress,” by Deb Soule, 1 p.m. Sept. 20, Herb Tent.

. Harry S. Truman Manure Pitch-Off, 1:30 p.m. Sept. 20, North Orchard.

Sunday, Sept. 21

. 5K Foot Race, 8 a.m., registration 6:45-7:45 a.m., Race Tent.

. Fiddlers’ Showcase, 10 a.m., registration starts 9:30 a.m., Amphitheater.

. Native American Spirituality, by Arnie Neptune and Jane Smith, noon, Whole Life Tent.

. David Mallett, folk music, 1:30 p.m., Amphitheater.

. Family contradance, 3 p.m., Maine Folklife Center Tent.

For more information, call 568-4142, or visit www.mofga.org.