AT THE SHOP & CAFE
October's Ominous Occasions
AT THE MOON, SERPENT & BONE SHOP & CAFE
FLORA OBSCURA
Weekend of October 17th - 19th
Immerse yourself in a weekend dedicated to the mysterious world of rare plants — exploring their natural dangers, carnivorous instincts, and powerful magickal properties. Discover the lore, science, and spiritual uses of these extraordinary specimens through engaging talks, demonstrations, and hands-on explorations.
Weekend of October 17th - 19th
Immerse yourself in a weekend dedicated to the mysterious world of rare plants — exploring their natural dangers, carnivorous instincts, and powerful magickal properties. Discover the lore, science, and spiritual uses of these extraordinary specimens through engaging talks, demonstrations, and hands-on explorations.
SÉANCE
Reanimating selections
from Tamalyn Miller’s album Ghost Pipe. Friday, October 17th 7pm |
Little Pot
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THE SACRED ART
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LISTENING TO PLANTsFeaturing Tamalyn Miller
Listening with Plants is an immersive experience held at Long Dock Park in Beacon. Sunday, October 19th, 4pm |
EVENT descriptions
SÉANCE with Tamalyn Miller & Irman
Friday, October 17th at 7pm
Immerse yourself in the season with music for a thinning veil. Reanimating selections from Tamalyn Miller’s album Ghost Pipe. SÉANCE weaves music, poetry, ritual and performance into a conceptual conjuring for our time. Irman’s distinctive cello joins
Tamalyn’s handmade horsehair fiddle, electronics and otherworldly voice to summon and transmit mysterious melodies and messages. Victorian parlor game meets psychedelic folk in this tour of the unseen and the unexpected.
Tamalyn Miller is a poet, visual artist and musician whose work blends archaic and ritualistic elements with contemporary conceptualism. As a musician, sound artist and composer (hand-made horsehair fiddle, electronics, voice) Tamalyn records and performs solo and with Stephen Spera as the chamber ambient duo Spirit Radio. She also regularly performs with psychedelic folk and improvisational sound ensembles In 2024, she released a solo album, Ghost Pipe, and Spirit Radio released their second album Distract’d by a Kaleidoscope Salesman, both of which were also produced as handmade limited art editions. tamalynmiller.com , tamalynmiller.bandcamp.com
Irman is a cello, bass and electronic music improvisor, composer and producer who has been active and involved in live performance since 1975. irman.bandcamp.com
*Limited Seating*
General Admission - $25
With one drink ticket - $35
Friday, October 17th at 7pm
Immerse yourself in the season with music for a thinning veil. Reanimating selections from Tamalyn Miller’s album Ghost Pipe. SÉANCE weaves music, poetry, ritual and performance into a conceptual conjuring for our time. Irman’s distinctive cello joins
Tamalyn’s handmade horsehair fiddle, electronics and otherworldly voice to summon and transmit mysterious melodies and messages. Victorian parlor game meets psychedelic folk in this tour of the unseen and the unexpected.
Tamalyn Miller is a poet, visual artist and musician whose work blends archaic and ritualistic elements with contemporary conceptualism. As a musician, sound artist and composer (hand-made horsehair fiddle, electronics, voice) Tamalyn records and performs solo and with Stephen Spera as the chamber ambient duo Spirit Radio. She also regularly performs with psychedelic folk and improvisational sound ensembles In 2024, she released a solo album, Ghost Pipe, and Spirit Radio released their second album Distract’d by a Kaleidoscope Salesman, both of which were also produced as handmade limited art editions. tamalynmiller.com , tamalynmiller.bandcamp.com
Irman is a cello, bass and electronic music improvisor, composer and producer who has been active and involved in live performance since 1975. irman.bandcamp.com
*Limited Seating*
General Admission - $25
With one drink ticket - $35
LITTLE POT OF HORROR: CARNIVOROUS PLANTS & THEIR DARK APPETITES
with Jonathan Kui is a forensic biologist and owner of Midtown Carnivores
Saturday, October 18th at 11am
Join forensic biologist and carnivorous plant pioneer, Jonathan Kui for a deep dive into the fascinating world of carnivorous plants! In this hands-on workshop, we will explore several different families of carnivorous plants and examine a variety of specimens up close, including venus flytraps, sundews, and pitcher plants. Learn how they grow, how they live, and what they
need to survive and thrive in cultivation. Top off your new appreciation for these unique fora by getting your hands dirty, and potting your very own carnivorous plant seeds to take home.
About Jonathan Kui
Jonathan Kui is a forensic biologist and owner of Midtown Carnivores, a carnivorous plant nursery in Hudson County, NJ, that first opened in 2013 as New York City’s first registered carnivorous plant nursery. Over the past decade he has participated in events at the NY Hall of Science, The Horticultural Society of NY, Queens Botanical Garden, New York Botanical
Garden, the Brooklyn and Queens Public Library systems. He is also the writer/director of CAPTIVATED: THE ALLURE OF CARNIVOROUS PLANTS (2021), an award-winning documentary film about the lives of four carnivorous plant growers and the cultivation of these plants affected their lives. Additionally, he has been featured on episodes of the Disney+ series
“The Big Fib” and ABC’s “Localish”.
*Limited Seating*
$45 / per person
>>>>> Advanced Registration required by Thursday, October 16th to allow presenter to prepare materials for class <<<<<
with Jonathan Kui is a forensic biologist and owner of Midtown Carnivores
Saturday, October 18th at 11am
Join forensic biologist and carnivorous plant pioneer, Jonathan Kui for a deep dive into the fascinating world of carnivorous plants! In this hands-on workshop, we will explore several different families of carnivorous plants and examine a variety of specimens up close, including venus flytraps, sundews, and pitcher plants. Learn how they grow, how they live, and what they
need to survive and thrive in cultivation. Top off your new appreciation for these unique fora by getting your hands dirty, and potting your very own carnivorous plant seeds to take home.
About Jonathan Kui
Jonathan Kui is a forensic biologist and owner of Midtown Carnivores, a carnivorous plant nursery in Hudson County, NJ, that first opened in 2013 as New York City’s first registered carnivorous plant nursery. Over the past decade he has participated in events at the NY Hall of Science, The Horticultural Society of NY, Queens Botanical Garden, New York Botanical
Garden, the Brooklyn and Queens Public Library systems. He is also the writer/director of CAPTIVATED: THE ALLURE OF CARNIVOROUS PLANTS (2021), an award-winning documentary film about the lives of four carnivorous plant growers and the cultivation of these plants affected their lives. Additionally, he has been featured on episodes of the Disney+ series
“The Big Fib” and ABC’s “Localish”.
*Limited Seating*
$45 / per person
>>>>> Advanced Registration required by Thursday, October 16th to allow presenter to prepare materials for class <<<<<
THE SACRED ART OF SOPLADA with Tracy Wilbanks
Sunday, October 19th at 1pm
The practice of Soplada (from Spanish "soplar," meaning "to blow") is a fundamental healing technique in Amazonian traditions where practitioners intentionally direct Mapacho smoke with precise movements and focused intention. During this ritual, the practitioner blows smoke over the body to perform energetic cleansing (dissolving negative energies), create spiritual protection (forming an energetic shield around individuals and spaces), activate sacred objects and medicines, and call upon ancestral support. This technique is performed with deep focus and reverence, connecting the practitioner to Mapacho's spirit before directing its smoke with purpose and intention.
About Tracy
You probably know Tracy as the creator of Nichey Baker. She participates in almost every MS&B event, selling her tasty treats. What you probably don’t know is Tracy has been working with Master Plant Medicines for over 3 years now. She travels to the Amazon in the jungles of Peru and sits with the Shipibo Conibo Indigenous peoples and learns their ways.
She has sat in over 40 Plant Medicine Ceremonies and has also dieted Master Plants Chiric Sanango(Mocapari), Noya Rao, and Mapacho(Grandfather).
Now Tracy wants to bring what she has learned in the jungle to as many people as possible with a major emphasis on Grandfather Mapacho.
*Free or by Donation*
Sunday, October 19th at 1pm
The practice of Soplada (from Spanish "soplar," meaning "to blow") is a fundamental healing technique in Amazonian traditions where practitioners intentionally direct Mapacho smoke with precise movements and focused intention. During this ritual, the practitioner blows smoke over the body to perform energetic cleansing (dissolving negative energies), create spiritual protection (forming an energetic shield around individuals and spaces), activate sacred objects and medicines, and call upon ancestral support. This technique is performed with deep focus and reverence, connecting the practitioner to Mapacho's spirit before directing its smoke with purpose and intention.
About Tracy
You probably know Tracy as the creator of Nichey Baker. She participates in almost every MS&B event, selling her tasty treats. What you probably don’t know is Tracy has been working with Master Plant Medicines for over 3 years now. She travels to the Amazon in the jungles of Peru and sits with the Shipibo Conibo Indigenous peoples and learns their ways.
She has sat in over 40 Plant Medicine Ceremonies and has also dieted Master Plants Chiric Sanango(Mocapari), Noya Rao, and Mapacho(Grandfather).
Now Tracy wants to bring what she has learned in the jungle to as many people as possible with a major emphasis on Grandfather Mapacho.
*Free or by Donation*
LISTENING TO PLANTS with Tamalyn Miller
Sunday, October 19th at 4pm
Part nature walk, part artist's talk, part collective listening, Listening with Plants is an immersive experience held at Long Dock Park in Beacon. Discover folklore, magical and medicinal uses and botanical details associated with plants featured in the album Ghost Pipe and find a deeper appreciation of local wild flora.
The walk is about two miles total with numerous stops and will take about an hour and a half. Meet at the
boat dock at the end of the Long Dock parking lot. Bring headphones and a phone to listen to the songs while walking.
*Registration is Free*
Event is by donation, $15 suggested
Please attend event at Long Dock Park in Beacon, New York
Sunday, October 19th at 4pm
Part nature walk, part artist's talk, part collective listening, Listening with Plants is an immersive experience held at Long Dock Park in Beacon. Discover folklore, magical and medicinal uses and botanical details associated with plants featured in the album Ghost Pipe and find a deeper appreciation of local wild flora.
The walk is about two miles total with numerous stops and will take about an hour and a half. Meet at the
boat dock at the end of the Long Dock parking lot. Bring headphones and a phone to listen to the songs while walking.
*Registration is Free*
Event is by donation, $15 suggested
Please attend event at Long Dock Park in Beacon, New York