Seventeen men brunched at Harry Greenberg’s in April and 16 at Stephen Sewell’s in May! Eat and socialize at the next Monthly Men’s Sunday Brunches (bring something to share/cook up). Men hang out together and enjoy good food with no agenda whatsoever. Next brunches: Sunday, June 17th (Father’s Day – children welcome) at Jim Lovestar’s backyard picnic table, 2626 Upton Ave N, Minneapolis (just east of Victory Memorial Parkway), 612/588-8984. Sunday, July 15th at Dave Mueller’s co-hosted by Dave and Tom Weaver, 5123 Twin Lake Blvd East in Brooklyn Center (Hwy 100 North to France Ave N to Oak Street to Twin Lake Blvd), 612/827-6442. Sunday, August 19th at Dean Jurek’s, 3620 W 32nd St #102, Minneapolis (just off Excelsior Blvd, west of Lake Calhoun), 612/922-8604. These brunches are open to all men from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m; plan to come and chat and eat for a 1/2-hour to 2-hour period anytime . – inevitably some men stay on until 2 p.m. – Andy Mickel, 2001-05-25. Rainbow Families second annual Family Camp Weekends will be held Fri-Sun July 22-24 and Sept 14-16 at Pilgrim Point Camp, Alexandria, MN. This is an opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender parents and their children to share a fun weekend experience. FFI: 612/827-7731. $50 deposit to: Rainbow Families Camp, 310 E 38th St., Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55409. – 2001-04-16. Festival of Fathers 2001, Celebrating Fatherhood in the Community will be held Saturday, August 11, noon-4 at North Commons Park, 1801 N James Ave, Minneapolis. All activities free: Petting zoo, moonwalk and free food. The event is sponsored by 16 organizations including 5 men’s and fathers organizations. - Rick Gravrok, 2001-05-19. 26 years of GLBT Counseling Services are being celebrated at Family and Children’s Service (now in its 123rd year!), 414 S. 8th St, Minneapolis, 612/341-1610, June 10th 5-9 p.m. at the Walker Art Center Gallery 8 and the Guthrie Theatre. FFI: www.famchildserv.org – Scott Bartell, 2001-04-27. Growing with Families, Education for Parents of Children ages 5-18 will be held Friday and Saturday, June 8 & 9, 2001, Earle Brown Center, U of M St. Paul Campus. Workshops on Conflict Management, Home-School Collaboration, Household Responsibilities, Peer Relationships, Sexuality Education, Time Management. $220. FFI: Mary Maher, 612/624-1294, maher016@tc.umn.edu. - Mary Maher, 2001-04-12. “I am writing to make you aware of “A Common Bond”. We are a support group for Gay Former Jehovah’s Witnesses. Our Group’s mission is to reach out to support gay, lesbian, bisexual,and transgendered persons who are active, inactive, disfellowshipped or disassociated Jehovah’s Witnesses. Our meetings will provide a safe space to talk with others who have similar experiences. As founder of the Minneapolis Chapter and Organizer for the upcoming Common Bond 2001International Conference: Out of the Fog: “Finding Wholeness Through Growth”, we want to focus on finding inner-strength and finding self-acceptance. The conference will be held in Minneapolis, Aug 10-12 at the Crowne Plaza, 618 2nd Ave S. Some topics are: The effects of shame and how to overcome them, developing a support system, dealing with depression, accepting your true self, what the Bible really says about homosexuality, overcoming abuse from the organization, safer sex practices. Conference fee is $95. Mail fee to: A Common Bond Minneapolis/St. Paul, 4245 15th Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55407 USA. FFI: 612/825-0487. - Brian Hartig, brian@virtucomgroup.com, 2001-05-18 Lynn Woodland, Lake Harriet Spiritual Community will be expanding the theme of prosperity to that of Manifesting Our Dreams in the month of June. Quantum Leaps & Manifesting workshop, Sunday, June 17, 12:30-4:30 takes cues from quantum physics replacing effort with faith; and competition and fear with unconditional love; methodical trial-and-error with vision and imagination. Celebrate the Summer Solstice on Tuesday June 19, 6:30-9:30 p.m. - Lynn Woodland, PO Box 6705, Minneapolis. FFI: 651/642-5405, www.lynnwoodland.com- Lynn Woodland, 2001-05-14.

“Fatherhood, Past, Present and Future (empowering men to discover joy in the deeper meaning of fatherhood)” is the theme of the Men’s Conference Association of Calgary, 348 - 5th Avenue NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 0K8 to be held June 15-16 at the University of Calgary, $200. Featured speakers include Warren Farrell and Kyle Pruett, and Senator Anne Cools. General information: 404/245-5463 and 403/547-8950. FFI: www.innerbalancing.ca. - Warren Redman, 2001-04-10. The 26th Conference on Men and Masculinity will be held at the University of Denver, July 20-22 with a theme: MANifesting Global Justice: Creating Inclusive Communities. NOMAS (the National Organization for Men Against Sexism), PO Box 455, Louisville, CO 80027 is sponsoring the conference which will also host the 13th Men’s Studies Association Meeting on the 20th. FFI:info@nomas.org, www.nomas.org - Donald Cavanaugh, 2001-05-01. The Body Image Project is an interactive, touchable, soundbyte sculpture designed to evoke immediate individual response from its audience and allow that response to be captured (for later bytes in the installation) in an adjacent “confession booth” with audio tape auto-activate equipment. The sculpture includes a one meter rendition of a human fetus totem with the heads of each decade on its back and the fetus’s actual face representing the wrinkled wise man/woman I refer to as the Mensch-Krone. Each of these faces when touched on either side activates alternately the laugh or the body image issue of this age of male or female respectively. All races, creeds, sexual orientations and classes are included. FFI: 612/871-6303. - Gregory Ruud, 2001-04-06. Mid-month meetings of the Gay and Bi-sexual Father’s Group will be held at Denny Siemers House for the Summer second Wednesdays: June 13th, July 11th, August 15th at 6:30 p.m. 7631 Edinborough Way, Edina, 952-897-1281. Upcoming host for June 9 dinner is Scott Ullom, 3333 Decatur Lane, St. Louis Park, 952/908-0356. Theme is Italian foods. Please bring an ample dish...July 14th theme is Western BBQ/summer food, hosted by David Groves of East Bloomington. - Denny Siemers, 2001-05-21,dennysiem@aol.com. Gordon Clay of Menstuff celebrates International Men’s Month June 1-30, 2001 by discussing a different men’s issue each day at “Today” at www.mensstuff.org. It’s a great way to start the day! Men’s Health week is June 11-15. - Gordon Clay, 2001-05-14. Jun 1 - Affirmations Jun 2 - Awareness Jun 3 - Sex Roles, Social Theory Jun 4 - Culture, humor, the media, music, poetry, writings Jun 5 - Men’s Lives Jun 6 - Isolation, Intimacy Jun 7 - Homophobia, Gay Issues Jun 8 - Abuse - sexual, physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual Jun 9 - Circumcision Jun 10 -Violence - plus largest resource of alternatives to violence for male and female perpetrators Jun 11 - Men’s Sexual Health (Men’s Health Week - US/CAN) Jun 12 - Men’s Spiritual Health (Men’s Health Week - US/CAN) Jun 13 - Men’s Mental Health (Men’s Health Week - US/CAN) Jun 14 - Men’s Emotional Health (Men’s Health Week - US/CAN) Jun 15 - Men’s Physical Health - men out-die women in all 15 leading causes of death (Men’s Health Week - US/CAN) Jun 16 - Vigil for lost fathers; night of mourning and healing (Men’s Health Week - US/CAN) Jun 17 - Father’s Day (Men’s Health Week - US/CAN) Jun 18 - Take your kids to work one day this week Jun 19 - Fathering Jun 20 - Fathers, Step-Fathers, Gay Fathers, Disabled Fathers, Fathers & Daughters, Fathers & Sons Jun 21 - Mentoring & Initiation Jun 22 - Relationships Jun 23 - Divorce and Custody Jun 24 - Crime & Prison Jun 25 - Addiction & Recovery Jun 26 - Environmental Responsibility Jun 27 - Multicultural Jun 28 - Aging, transition & death Jun 29 - The Five Major Men’s Movements Jun 30 - Responsibility