Events

Details:

♥  Wedding date: March 14th 2005 (Monday), doors open at 8:30, ceremony at 10pm.

♥  Location: Bar Noir, 112 S. 18th St., Philadelphia.

♥  Admission is free for everyone. You can invite as many friends and family as the place can hold (200 people).

♥  There is a cash bar.

♥  If any of the couples would like to contribute a cake, food, decorations, photographer, etc. we can discuss this.

♥  I will be performing the ceremony, and we can customize your vows, have friends read, etc. (This will be a non-religious ceremony, however you may mention your faith if you wish.)

♥  You MUST have a marriage license from the county of Philadelphia (meaning City Hall). I can help you with this if needed.

♥  A.D. Amorosi will be the wedding DJ. There will be a dance party following the ceremony. You can learn more about A.D. by reading his weekly gossip column in the Philadelphia City Paper. http://citypaper.net/articles/current/index.shtml.

♥  The evening will be filmed by BiG TeA PaRtY to be used in a future documentary on weddings. see www.bigteaparty.com (We can get you an unedited video of the evening for your personal enjoyment, however the documentary won’t be released for some time.)

♥  Dianna Marder, will cover the wedding for her weekly Sunday column on weddings in the Philadelphia Inquirer  [To see her previous columns online: http://go.philly.com/diannamarder.]

+=+=+ About The Right Reverend Elizabeth Fiend +=+=+

Elizabeth Fiend, host of the award winning TV show “BiG TeA PaRtY It’s Cooking, Crafts and Anarchy, is also a Right Reverend in the Universal Life Church http://www.ulc.net/  and as such is legally able to perform marriages. She become a wedding officiant because she believes in love -- having been with her husband, Allen Fiend, since 1976 -- it’s good stuff!. And because she feels strongly that people should be able to have the wedding ceremony of their choice. The legal restrictions on who can perform marriages can sometimes make this difficult.

Her specialty is performing ceremonies that are non-religious or ceremonies of a non-traditional religion such as handfastings; unusual, creative, wacky and individualized / customized ceremonies; and commitment ceremonies for same-sex couples (unfortunately this is not legal in most states at this time).

She also offers her services to people who simply wish their wedding to be personal and warm and to express their love for one another -- free from sterile government officials, god or a standard religious figure.

In 2004, Elizabeth Fiend married punk rockers, pagans and puppetistas as well as the General Secretary of the ‘International Workers of the World’ and the coordinator of the ‘Urban Nutrition Innovative.’

If you have any questions or suggestions please don’t hesitate to contact me.
 

Elizabeth Fiend celebrity judge at the
“ANTI-CORPORATE HAIKU SLAPDOWN”

Space 1026, Philly
Monday, Oct. 25th, 7:30 pm
Stay tuned for more info…
 

Wednesday, June 2nd 8-9 pm & Thursday, June 3rd 10-11 am

“Unconventional Coverage: The Message & The Means” Just in time for the 2004 Republican National Convention, relive the chaos of the 2000 convention staged here in Philly. Learn that the protestors DO have a message, in fact they have many messages.

With Cable Box or Digital Cable Box: DUTV is seen on CH 54 on both Comcast and Urban Cableworks or CH 3 at the Penn Center House. With a cable ready TV set DUTV will be available on CH 62 - Urban Cableworks, CH 48 - Comcast in CC, S. Phila. and CH 99 - Comcast N, N. Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill, Germantown.

Find out more about this episode here

Read reviews of this episode here
 

BiG TeA PaRtY has the honor of being THE ONLY tv show featured in the first ever “LONELY PLANET TRAVEL GUIDE to PHILADELPHIA & the Pennsylvania Dutch Country” Our write up is BiG! Bigger than the Mummers Parade, but not quite as big as the Liberty Bell :)
Elizabeth’s recipe for Philly Cheese Fakes, a vegetarian cheese steak, is also included in the book. See page 29 of the guide for the write-up.

Read more and purchase the guide here
 

"Philadelphia Film Festival, Festival of Independents" presents:
"CROP CIRCLES"
A BiG TeA PaRtY mini-documentary about
Community Supported Agriculture as part of:

"THE CITY THAT SHOVES YOU BACK" (shorts program) [85 min]
Our great city, reflected in six short films that bring to light our best -- and our worst.

Thursday, April 15, 9:30-11 pm
International House, 3701 Chestnut St., Philadelphia

Featuring:
Crop Circles
( US, 2003, 15 min , Elizabeth Fiend, Valerie Keller, Gretjen Clausing )
Taking their message of informed, healthy living to an unsuspecting public, Big Tea Party fearlessly fights the good-food fight for the farmers of the Philly region, and for all of us.

Tickets $9.00, Purchase tickets the door, or call: 267-765-9700 ext. 4, or order online at www.phillyfests.com. Or buy tickets at any TLA video store & while you’re there rent one of four BiG TeA PaRtY videos for FREE! Just ask for "BiG TeA PaRtY."

This film night also features:
A Primer (15 min , Joe Kim)
Beat Box Philly (5 min , Warren Bass and Liz Goldberg)
Boy, Stop Playing With Your Package (22 min , Benni Berman)
Jack's Garden (13 min , Amy Olk)
Space Available (15 min , Kathilynn Phillips, Dave Maneo)
 

BiG TeA PaRtY host, Elizabeth Fiend’s appearance on ‘Roker on the Road’ -- staring weather man Al Roker -- will be aired on the Food Network on these dates:

Tuesday, February 3rd at 9pm (est)
Wednesday, February 4th at 1am (est)
Monday, February 16th at 4pm (est)

Elizabeth gets Al Roker to say ‘anarchist’ 4 times in 5 minutes! She also makes a vegetarian cheese steak, a crazy no-bake twinkie cake, shows off her garden of herbs and gets crafty in her first nationally televised appearance. You gotta see it to believe it!
For more information

*EVENT*
MEET & GREET THE BTP TEAM

November 5, 2003 at 7 PM
Central Library
1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia
Room 108
Event is *FREE* and open to the public.

It's cooking, crafts and anarchy with Philadelphia's favorite household style mavens. You've seen them on TV and now...you can see them in person as they bring their special blend of wackiness, inventiveness and environmentalism to the Central Library. Watch your favorite BiG TeA PaRtY episodes. Meet the producers Elizabeth Fiend, Valerie Keller and Gretjen Clausing.

Followed by question and answer.

For more information, call 215.686.5415
 

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