calabash

Calabash is our biggest event of the year. Volunteers, staff, clients, and community members all look forward to our annual “Celebration of Gourds, Art, and the Garden ” and we hold the event in our own organic gardens, right here at Food For Thought!

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Sunday, October 5, 2008
1 - 5 p.m.
6550 Railroad Avenue
Forestville, CA
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Food For Thought, the Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank, and the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center present this fun event featuring a silent auction of fine gourd art, an exhibit of gourd instruments from around the world, live demonstrations in creating gourd art, tours of Food For Thought’s beautiful organic gardens, and seasonal organic food and wine from Sonoma County’s bountiful harvest. Throughout the day, musicians will entertain guests with a variety of hand-made gourd instruments.

Over 100 artists have been invited to participate this year, including many well-known Sonoma County and Bay Area gourd artists, some of whom will be displaying their gourd art work for the very first time, bringing their own artistic sensibilities and magic to the gourd form.

For more information on the festival, on submitting gourd art, and a list of last year’s artists, check out the festival’s website.