Join us for a relaxing and challenging afternoon of chess—one of the world's most popular games! Players of all ages and skill levels are welcome!

Drop in at any point over the course of the program to play old friends and meet new ones. Chess sets are provided.

Join us for a relaxing and challenging afternoon of chess—one of the world's most popular games! Players of all ages and skill levels are welcome!

Drop in at any point over the course of the program to play old friends and meet new ones. Chess sets are provided.

Take a look at the history of the People's Food Co-Op from its humble beginnings on a sidewalk on State Street to a multimillion dollar cooperative store and café.

Patti Smith is the author of A History of Ann Arbor's People's Food Co-op, a new book rich with pictures, stories, anecdotes, and a comprehensive timeline. She will share her experiences in writing the book, as well as the history of the Co-op.

Patti is a special education teacher and writer who lives in Ann Arbor. She is very involved with her community, participating in the storytellers' guild, the public art commission, A2 Geeks, the Rec & Ed Commission, and the local film festival.

Delicious food samples will also be available!

Dr. Mahaveer Swaroop Bhojani, Ph.D leads this talk on how to fuel your body with the best foods for energy and vitality.

Learn about the best fuels and additives for the human machine to remain well-oiled and less prone to failure. Learn about how processed foods impact health and longevity vs. all-natural, whole foods. Attendees will also learn about links between food and cancer.

Dr. Mahaveer Swaroop Bhojani, Ph.D., is a former cancer researcher in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan and currently heads Hut-K Inc (3022 Packard Road, with a second location at Mark's Carts, 211 West Washington Street) and Back2Roots (108 South Main Street).

Keegan C. Rodgers, Head Baker at the People's Food Co-Op, leads this hands-on and lively workshop on how to make the perfect pie dough.

Participants will take home enough dough for 2 single crust pies or 1 double crust pie. Learn the difference between pies and tarts, understand the different fillings and crusts for pies and tarts and understand how to blind bake a pie shell.

Attendees will leave with new baking skills and literature to take home. Tastes of Keegan's baked goods will be included, too! This event is cosponsored by the People's Food Co-Op and is part of an ongoing baking series.

Keegan C. Rodgers, Head Baker at the People's Food Co-Op, leads this interactive and lively talk on the history, processing, uses & chemical reactions of fats used in baking.

Some fats which may be discussed include milks, creams, butter, vegetable oils such as olive, corn & vegetable & nut oils such as almond, safflower, sunflowers & walnuts.

Attendees will leave with new baking skills and literature to take home. Tastes of Keegan's baked goods will be included, too! This event is cosponsored by the People's Food Co-Op and is part of an ongoing baking series

Change your perspective about the role of grains in our diet with this important information.

Are grains really the "staff of life?' Discover what you can replace them with, and watch your health soar.

This event is co-sponsored by the People's Food Co-Op. Ellen Livingston is a certified yoga teacher and has benefited from a raw vegan diet since 2002. Ellen offers yoga and raw food classes in the community and from her home on 5 acres in Ann Arbor.

Find out how you can have more energy and other health benefits from proper food separation. The simpler your diet, the simpler the rules. But no matter what you choose to eat, this talk will show you how you can maximize benefits and minimize detriments.

This event is co-sponsored by the People's Food Co-Op. Ellen Livingston is a certified yoga teacher and has benefited from a raw vegan diet since 2002. Ellen offers yoga and raw food classes in the community and from her home on 5 acres in Ann Arbor. Ellen also offers life coaching and health retreats.

Discover how you can free up energy that your body will use first to heal itself, and then for everything else you want energy for! This empowering lecture and discussion will show you where your energy is going, and why, and how you can reclaim it for what you really want out of life.

Ellen Livingston, is a certified yoga teacher, and has benefited from a raw vegan diet since 2002. Ellen offers yoga and raw food classes in the community and from her home on 5 acres in Ann Arbor. Ellen also offers life coaching and health retreats. This event is co-sponsored by the People's Food Co-Op.

Enjoy mealtime to better meet your needs beyond hunger, including struggle-free digestion, emotional calm, and mental clarity. We are not only what we eat, but also what we digest. So could it be that how we eat is at least, if not more, important than what we eat?

From the wisdom of Ayurveda, Yoga, and personal healing experience, acquire tools to approach mealtime with ease, fully enjoy eating and enhance digestion. We will explore how our external environment, emotions, and sensory awareness impact our ability to digest our food and experiences at mealtime.

Take away tips for the changing your approach with the seasons and times of day. Bring your curiosity and perhaps someone with whom you often share a meal.

Andrea Catherine Bachman is an Ayurvedic Health Counselor and Hatha Yoga Instructor in Ann Arbor. She has a lifelong love for growing, preparing and sharing food – from gardening to farming, and from preparing specialized meals for oncology patients in treatment to creating personalized meal plans with individual clients.

Learn more about Andrea and her work at Grounded Here. This event is co-sponsored by the People's Food Co-Op.