{"id":8694,"date":"2026-05-29T11:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=8694"},"modified":"2026-05-29T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:28:09","slug":"maker-cafe-june-18-2026-530-to-800-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=8694","title":{"rendered":"Maker Cafe, June 18, 2026, 5:30 to 8:00 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thursday, June 18, 2026, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>5:30-6:30&nbsp; Mandala Stones with Ginnie Faulkingham<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>6:30-8:00&nbsp; <\/em><em><\/em><em>Cafe with Live Music by John Cross<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:30-6:30 <strong>Mandala Stones with Ginnie Faulkingham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Advance sign up please. <\/strong>Email Craig@Freshley.com to reserve your spot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join Maine-based mandala artist Ginnie Faulkingham for a colorful, hands-on experience exploring the relaxing and rewarding art of dot mandalas on stone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transform ordinary river rocks into stunning works of art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.29597%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=602&#038;ssl=1 602w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"575\" data-id=\"8697\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?attachment_id=8697\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-2.jpeg\" data-width=\"602\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-29-at-11.26.31-AM.png?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For this session we are collecting a suggested donation of $5-$15 to cover materials and support the Maker Cafe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Mandala Stone session will go from 5:30pm until about 6:30pm or so. Doors open at 5:20pm and we love it when people arrive early to settle in. Please stay for the Cafe and LIve Music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>6:30-8:00 <strong>Dinner Cafe with John Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Free &amp; Open to the Public.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No advance sign-up required. Just show up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dinner and beverages available for donation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring a project to work on if you like. We\u2019re the place where it\u2019s cool to make stuff while you hang out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8695\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8696\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Singer songwriter, John Cross, is a smooth resonant baritone from Brunswick Maine. His music spans many genres. He performs with his band \u201cThe John Cross Project\u201d as well as solo.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Cross models his writing style after Tom T Hall who once said &#8220;Write what you know.\u201d To know John Cross, all you have to do is listen to his songs. He\u2019s an open book and freely shares his life with you. Just sit back and enjoy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can find a two of his Original songs show cased on Reverbnation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/thejohncrossproject\/song\/28165791-in-the-back-of-her-mind\">https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/thejohncrossproject\/song\/28165791-in-the-back-of-her-mind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, June 18, 2026, 5:30-6:30&nbsp; Mandala Stones with Ginnie Faulkingham 6:30-8:00&nbsp; Cafe with Live Music by John Cross Details 5:30-6:30 Mandala Stones with Ginnie Faulkingham 6:30-8:00 Dinner Cafe with John Cross<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maker-cafe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9rLvf-2ge","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8705,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8694\/revisions\/8705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}