weekly Friday Market 12-3pmmarket vendor feature: our CHOCOLATE makers! We're so lucky to have two independent small local businesses who love and honour the cacao bean at its very finest, from source to final recipe.
Tanya of Blossoms Raw Chocolatewww.blossomsrawchocolate.com"Blossoms Raw Chocolate has been working with Cacao on Cortes for 10 years. Our mission is to return the ceremonial use and sacredness of this plant medicine. We are connected to a collective from Ecuador that hand harvests their trees in the rainforest of the Andean mountains. It supports 140 communities and over 2,700 families. There is no deforestation or plantation or roasting. It is left to ferment in the sun and becomes a probiotic in its raw state. Blossoms gives 2% of its sales back into reforestation and animal rehabilitation programs around the world. You can learn more at
blossomsrawchocolate.com
When Tanya is not making chocolate, she's creating malas made from ethically sourced beads, stones and crystals. They're selling fast this year so come and see what I've got left!"
Scott and Emilie of Black Jaguar Chocolatewww.blackjaguarchocolate.com"Emilie and Scott developed a relationship with Cacao while living and travelling throughout South and Central America. They found some amazing cacao in the Highlands of Nicaragua and learned the art and craft of creating exceptional chocolate while living there. They recently returned to Cortes and are happy to share some of the finest flavoured chocolate on Earth at our local market. Come check out the chocolate bars, delicious gf brownies and drinking chocolate, all made from whole, single-origin, directly traded cacao beans from Nicaragua."
Wander through all three of our Friday market zones (indoors, parking lot, and the treed area) then head on over to the live music at the Village Commons tent next door, 1-2:30pm. There is shade and picnic tables! Performing Aug 4: Jemma and the Good Thing!
SUMMER YOUTH workshops and classes in the last two weeks of the program:
August 7-13 ACTING FOR THE CAMERA
ages 9-13, 10am-12:30pm
August 14-17 MEXICANISMO CREATIVITY CAMP
ages 7-12, 10am-12pm
August 14-17 BE THE MEDIA filmmaking
ages 13-17, 1-4pm
For more details and to register, visit:
https://mansonshall.org/summer-youth-recreational-program-2023/PARENTS N' TOTS is every Tuesday 10:30a-12:30p
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Community Café by Julie Keith is now closed until August 18
Want to host an event, present a workshop or organize a private rental at Manson's Hall?
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