Madison Hours

I have two older, stuffed chairs in need of covering with more than the blankets that I have! I'd love them to be finished professionally (cushions, back, arms, etc.), but I would also be OK with an interim solution, such as a fitted cover that was attractive.

Any help is appreciated!

Yoga Classes for Madison Hours at Olbrich Gardens, Mondays 5:30pm & Thursdays 7:30am and at Infinite Flow Yoga, Saturdays at 8:30am. Gentle, unwinding yoga with emphasis on breath and body awareness.

We offer exquisite gift items made of recycled handmade paper like journals, scrapbooks, albums, greeting cards, wine bags and more. We also deal in handmade wall and table decoration pieces made of cloth and sterling silver jewelry. Everything we sell is imported from India and sold at very reasonable prices. Please visit www.concepts.co.in for more pictures and other details.

We'll be at the HOURS Fair Celebration Saturday afternoon 12/10/11 - and will accept 1/2 HOUR plus $15 USD for this Solidarity 2012 calendar. (actual printing cost is $15 - and the extra donation goes to making more Sing-along song books.) Another item for sale will be ONE peace wreath, put together with local greens and volunteer help with the WNPJ crew. The wreath sells for $50 - and WNPJ will accept 1 HOUR plus $40 is USD for this beautiful wreath. Other items for sale will be holiday cards = a packet of 10 cards for 1/2 hour plus $5 USD.

Join Madison Hours and The Dane County Timebank for a fun-filled holiday event. There will be music, a silent auction and good and services for sale for Madison Hours and Timebank Dollars.

When: Saturday December 10, 3-6pm

Where: High Noon Saloon, 701 E. Washington Ave.

What: The lineup is Art Paul Schlosser, Ladyscissors, a silent auction, a Madison Hours and TimeBank trade fair, and fun. Karaoke too!

$5 and up sliding scale donations accepted at the door.

Needing a baby grand tuned in rural Waunakee

One of my best friends recently had a 35th birthday and she loves various arts and crafts as a maker and consumer. I'm looking for locally made art or art supplies that are easily mailable to get for her present. I'm interested in small pictures, wire art, jewelry, beads, wire, processed bones, brass or anything you might think would be really cool.

I am in need of empty wine bottles for our ongoing homemade fruit wines. I'd pay 1/2 hour for a dozen bottles, preferably with labels removed. They must have cork-style tops, not screw tops. Color and shape unimportant.

Labor rights are human rights.
We know this because labor is the basic way we human beings contribute our capacity to create wealth to the societies in which we live and which keep us alive. Labor is our “product,” the “good” we bring to the marketplace, and our right to determine what we are paid for it (by collective action or otherwise) is as inalienable as the right to determine the cost of any physical good we might produce and bring to market.

But we should think about this one step more fundamentally.

In early December, two members of the Madison Hours Board met with the Director of the Dane County Timebank, a staff member and a Board member to discuss ways that our organizations can work together. We talked about goals in terms of providing better economic options for community members, synergies that can be developed between our organizations and the possibility of formally joining forces.