Tuesdays, 5 pm - 7 pm Baking Club Are you a hobby baker or professional and want to join a wonderful group to share ideas, try out new recipes and bake to your heart is content. Open to everyone. Koha donation appreciated for the ingredients. Register with Debbie.
Wednesdays, 8 am - 10 am English Breakfast Club
Breakfast meetings for our business community. Network and learn the SMART skills necessary to conduct successful businesses in an ethical sustainable way. As an additional bonus you get to brush up on your English conversational skills. Koha suggestion: 5 - 10€ (English breakfast, tea/coffee included). Open to everyone who wants to talk business. Registration by email.
Wednesdays, 12 pm - 2 pm Koha Kitchen Community Lunch
Join us for our community lunch to share ideas and connect with each other. For base Graz members & their guests and newcomers wanting to find out more about us. A fair donation for what you consume is always highly appreciated. (Koha suggestion 5-10€). Just let Debbie know if you are coming and if you have any food allergies.
Thursdays, 8 am - 11 am Koha Kitchen Breakast Come and enjoy a lovely breakfast and get to chat with one another. Koha donation is gladly accepted to honour the team that serve you. Please let us know if you are coming and if you have any food allergies.
Juan Carlos Sungurlian 's Ethno Band (tHe mUsIc oF tHiS wOrLd).
Hicham Belfahem (Voice & Latin Drums) -(Austria- Morocco)
Juan Carlos Sungurlian (Voice & Guitars) - (Austria-Uruguay)
Be delighted by the smooth sounds of this duet. Come and enjoy this tiny concert at the Bohemian Soul beehive store. Book your ticket here (Koha suggestion 5-10€). 33 seats available - profits go back to the Musicians and supporting base Graz.
Saturday, March 18th, 11 am - 1 pm Knitting / Crafts Club
Knitting Club is open to all levels from novice to expert and everything in between. Other projects (sewing, crochet etc also welcome!). Open to base members and IWA members. No registration needed.
Womens Week! March 1st - 8th In celebration of Frauen*märz, we have a very special week of fun activities planned for you! Four with kind sponsorship from Bündnis 0803.
Wednesday March 1st, 8 am - 11 am Koha Breakfast Club A special Women's Week edition with a personality dimensions exercise led by Debbie. Koha suggestion: 5 - 10€ (English breakfast, tea/coffee included). Registration by email.
Wednesday March 1st, 12 pm - 2 pm Koha Kitchen Community Lunch Special edition community lunch to share ideas and connect with each other. Jutta Dier, Geschäftsführung for the Friedensbüro will be visiting us. A fair donation for what you consume is always highly appreciated. (Koha suggestion 5-10€). Just let Debbie know if you are coming and if you have any food allergies.
Join us for a wonderful discussion get together (in German but with help to translate). Frauencafe is an initiative by Elisabeth Kabelis-Lechner - Gries Culture. The guest speaker is Ilse Wieser. She is a member of Omas gegen Rechts und also a guide for feminist city walks. Please register with Debbie
Wednesday March 1st , 6 pm - 7 pm Women'sWalk: Peace in Gries Join us to walk around Gries and support our vision of creating a gender equal peaceful society where women from all backgrounds are respected, supported, empowered and celebrated. During our tour we will get to know some of the friendly businesses and discuss our vision of creating happier, healthier communities. Meet up at Seddwell Center at 5:50pm for a prompt departure at 6pm. Afterwards we will come back for a hot drink at Seddwell center
Thursday March 2nd, 8 am - 11 amKoha Kitchen Business Breakast Come and enjoy a lovely breakfast and get to chat with one another about your business ideas. Andrea Darvishzadeh from the Abteilung für Wirtschafts- und Tourismusentwicklung EU-Programmkoordination (Stadt Graz Economics Dept) will also be attending.Koha donation (5 - 10€). Please let us know if you are coming and if you have any food allergies.
Thursday March 2nd, 11 am - 7 pm Soul Sister Showcase Do you have your own business you want to let people know about or a mini workshop you want to share? Join forces and support one another to create an empowered network of females who are finding solutions for our community. Come along and showcase what you do (you do not need to attend the whole day and can set up an information display). Have a business idea - reveal your vision and network to get support. Please register wth Debbie
Friday March 3rd, 10 am - 6 pm Soul Sisters Sip and Shop Come and join us for a fun dress up day at Bohemian Soul Beehive. Onesta, our very talented stylist, will be there from 12pm to help you find your inner style. Bohemian Soul Beehive will have hourly specials and giveaways just for women. If you are a make up artist or hairdresser and want to volunteer your time to support women please feel free to contact us.
Saturday March 4th, 10 am - 2 pm Soul Sisters Sip and Swap Women are masters of recycling and re-use which naturally makes us geared towards sustainability. Lets make a stand against fast fashion! Join the fun and bring along up to 10 items to swap with one another- it can be clothing/ accessories/ furniture. Please make sure the items are in good condition. (Anything left over will go to Bohemian Soul Beehive or be given away).
Sunday March 5th, 10 am - 2 pm Nature Walk and Cafe Stop
Contact Debbie for more information if interested in attending.
Tuesday March 7th, 5 pm - 7 pm Baking Club A special edition of Baking Club with a discussion on innovative solutions for community challenges. Open to everyone. Koha donation appreciated for the ingredients. Register with Debbie.
Wednesday March 8th, 8 am - 11 am Koha Breakfast
Come and enjoy a lovely breakfast and get to chat with one another. Koha donation is gladly accepted to honour the team that serve you. If you have any special needs or requests please let us know ahead of time. Please register with Debbie
Wednesday March 8th, 12 pm - 2 pm Community Koha Lunch Special edition community lunch. Come learn more about base Graz and see what we do. Contact Debbie to register.
Wednesday March 8, 2 pm - 4 pm FemmesTisch discussion We will be discussing body image and self-confidence using photocards to guide our conversation. Contact Rachel if you are interested in attending (limited spaces).
Wednesday March 8, 5 pm - 6 pm Women's Day Demonstration Come join us for the Bündnis 0803 demonstration for Women's Rights at Südtiroler platz.
Wednesday March 8, 6 pm - 8 pm Women's Dance Celebration Come and join us for 2 hours of dance with a fabulous playlist - celebrate the achievements of women and bond together to continue the flow.
Empowering Migrant Voices on Integration and Inclusion Policies
base Graz is taking part in the EMVI project - "Empowering Migrant Voices on Integration and Inclusion Policies" organised by Südwind and the Migrant:innenbeirat. They are offering migrant organisations free training workshops on subjects such as fundraising, project management, discrimination, political rights, civil courage and gender justice. The full list of workhops can be viewed here . There are some really good ones!
Workshops are:
Open to 3rd country nationals and EU citizens (non Austrians)
Trainings will be held in English and at the Seddwell Center
Last 2 -4 hours (except for #8 which is an all day program)
Will take place Wednesdays 17:00 March - June (dates to be announced)
If you are interested in taking part, email Rachel with the workshops you are interested in attending.
Looking back at February!
Baking Club
Our bakers are having such fun learning new techniques and each week produce amazing results!
Our community lunches, potluck and breakfast clubs are such wonderful gatherings of people from so many different countries. Great conversations and sharing of ideas!
Discussing solutions at Debbie's co-creating presentation for building community in Gries
Debbie teaching the next generation on how to volunteer and be leaders in their communties
Bohemian Soul Beehive Store Private shopping appointments available upon request