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The Shire of Stormsport welcomes all to the Annual Spring Bears Event on February 24th, 2007.

Activities this year will include heavy weapons as per normal, embroidery/blackwork classes, an Italian themed set of children events and medieval Dance.

This year's event will be held at the Erie Day School, of 1372 West 6th Street, Erie PA 16505. With the site opening at 9am am and closing at 9 pm. Location:
Shire of Stormsport (Erie, Pennsylvania)

The book of Tanja Kohwagner-Nikolai "per manus sororum" - a great book about mediaeval Klosterstich tapestries from the Low German language area is now available at the publishing house Martin Meidenbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Lady Emma Dandelion has posted photos from the recent Twelfth Night Coronation event in the Kingdom of Drachenwald (5th - 7th January).

Cá Bhfuil Na Gaeilg eoirí? (English translation: Where are all the Gaelic speakers?) Some are still in Ireland where 25% of the population claims to speak the language. Manchán Magan of the Guardian looks at the history of Gaelic and sets out on a trek to see who speaks it.

Dante Allegheri, the Italian poet whose work, The Divine Comedy, is almost required reading for SCAdians, has been depicted in the past with a classical profile, his nose straight. A team of forensic archeologists is challenging that picture with a reconstructed face of the poet, featuring a flattened nose.

THLord Stefan li Rous has released updates for Stefan's Florilegium for January 2007.

Baroness Estrid has posted photos from the recent Twelfth Night Coronation event in the Kingdom of Drachenwald (5th - 7th January).

Folo Watkins reports that reenactors of many different timelines are invited to participate in the Forest Glen Preserve Timeline Event April 28, 2007.

The second Bard of Caid competition was held at Caidan 12th Night on Saturday January 6, 2007. THL Eilidh Swann shares her photos from the event, and from the Bardic Competition.

SCA member Andy Ward of Avoca, Arkansas combines craft and artistry when he creates armor for his business Ward Metal. Becca Bacon Martin interviewed him for an article in the Morning News.

Editor Baroness Katarina Peregrine has announced that the latest issue of Artes Draconis, the A&S newsletter for the Middle Kingdom, is now available in digital format.

Lady Anna von Silvenhain has posted photos from the recent Twelfth Night Coronation event in the Kingdom of Drachenwald (5th - 7th January).

Advertisements in newspapers throughout England, Australia, the United States and Europe are asking the question: "Can you trace your family tree back to 1066? Might your ancestors have claimed the English throne?"

Caryn reports that Bianca da Ravenna, Baroness Gryphon's Lair, was elevated to the Order of the Laurel at Gryphon's Lair Twelfth Night by Their Majesties of the Kingdom of Artemisia.

The British Museum purchased a set of gold, garnet enchrusted Anglo-Saxon sword fittings. They were discovered by a metal detectorist in 2002 near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. The fittings are a unique find for Anglo-Saxon England.

British researchers believe that boreholes and seismic imaging prove they have pinpointed the homeland of Homer's hero Odysseus.

Friedrich Ethelred aus Schloss Trier, Internal Publicity Deputy for Estrella War XXIII, has announced that the Estrella website has been updated. He has also released several announcements regarding facilities at the War.

On January 27, 2007, meadmakers across the nation will diverge on Orlando, Florida for Meadllennium, the longest-running meadmakers convention in the United States. The convention is open to all home-brewers and includes judgings, prizes and the announcement of the coveted "Best of Show" award.

Medical research by University of Liverpool scientists has proved that reading Shakespeare can increase brain activity. Science Daily has the story.

England's Canterbury Cathedral has launched an international fundraising campaign in a effort to raise more than UK£50m necessary for urgent repairs.

This year's Estrella War will once again offer a Combat Cookery Contest in which Kingdoms may sponsor teams to prepare a period meal for four people using their own utensils and ingredients unknown to them before the competition.

On Saturday 13, 2007, the Sci Fi Channel will present the world premiere of Grendel, a Sci Fi original movie "based on the classic legend of Beowulf and Grendel."

The central United States is being pounded by a major ice storm today, causing Ansteorra to cancel their upcoming Coronation for this weekend.

Chinese archaeologists are confounded by a group 10 huge rings at the site of the tomb of the country's only empress, Wu Zetian. The rings, ranging from 30 to 40 meters in diameter, were discovered when aerial photos were taken.

A new report from the Mayo Clinic, reported by Science Daily, shows how researchers at the Clinic used data-mining techniques to discover new cures from ancient texts. The reports cites the anti-bacterial properties of the Atun tree as discussed by Dutch herbalist Georg Eberhard Rumpf in his mid-17th century work Ambonese Herbal.

On its website, the University of Chicago Press reviews Aguecheek’s Beef, Belch’s Hiccup, and Other Gastronomic Interjections: literature, culture, and food among the early moderns by Robert Appelbaum.

The recent lawsuit bewteen a SCAdian and a Rhode Island school has raised the Society's media profile. USA Today gives a positive overview of our activities and purposes.

Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars, an exhibit of rare Elizabethan and Stuart silver and gold from the collections of the Kremlin Armoury Museum, will be featured at London's Gilbert Collection until January 28, 2007.

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This is an all-children's event. All activities are for children, or are in support of children. There will be Youth Combat, Youth Archery, Youth Thrown Weapons, and Youth Rapier (pending the final OK on the rules). There will be a Youth A&S competition. I am trying to work out space for lots of classes and activities. If there is need for support classes (i.e. classes for training of Ministers of Minors, training Youth Marshals, Page Academy, etc) I will try to supply space. Location:
Canton of Sudentorre (Richmond, Virginia)

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Come join us for a weekend of hands-on cooking classes. We are pulling teachers from the cream of the Southeast, from both Meridies and Trimaris, and we promise to have some activities for the non-cooks.

Cooking With The Sun
A Cooking Collegium from the Shire of Camden Tor
February 2-4, 2007

Lowndes County 4-H Camp
4-H Camp Road,
Lake Park, GA 31636

We do promise to have Great Food and Plenty of it! Location:
Shire of Camden Tor (Lake Park, Georgia)