It’s that holiday season again, and you all know what that means right? That’s right, it’s winter school time (well, for those of you in the northern hemisphere anyway). Unfortunately, because of my little absence, lead time for some of these is a little tight, but here we go:

The Swiss Winter School (linked page is […]

Heads up all, this year’s Changing Times conference is starting in a mere 67 days [gratuitous exclamation point]. The annual conference takes place at the Townshend International School in the Czech Republic, this year running from the 25th of December until the 1st of January. It also happens to be, by all accounts, the hottest […]

I’ll be gone on the 9th of July, so I’m just going remind you all now that the Martyrdom of the Bab took place on July 9th, 1850. From the US Baha’i Website:
On the day of his execution, a young follower burst through the assembled crowd and begged to be allowed to be martyred along […]

There may be a lucky few of you out there that are a) in Seattle and b) holding tickets to tonight’s sold out Common Market and Blue Scholars show at the showbox, but for the rest of us at least there’s this story in the Seattle Times to keep us in the loop. And […]

The Baha’i Era began 162 years ago today, on May 23, 1844, when The Báb declared his mission and began to prepare humanity for the coming of Baha’u'llah. From the BBC website:The young man wearing the green turban was called Siyyid Ali Muhammad [The Báb] and he was descended from the Prophet Muhammad through […]

Just in case you find yourself wandering Europe this summer looking for something to do, the Czech youth website is offering a list of European Baha’i Summer Schools. There are 11 on the list so far and no doubt more will be added before summer arrives.

I hope you all had a nice Ridvan. Here are a couple more Ridvan stories for the festive period, as well as this article on the BBC website about celebrating Baha’i Holy Days, including, natually, Ridvan. The BBC also has a nice piece explaining what the Ridvan festival is all about.
Now, I meant to get […]

Happy Ridvan everyone. I’ll keep it short because I know everyone is busy celebrating (or if you’re in Richardson, Texas, you’re rehearsing for the pageant). I’ll just point you to these few Ridvan links and remind you that when you’re heading out to your Ridvan celebrations watch out for that Ridvan holiday traffic. It’s a […]

Happy Naw Ruz! Hope you’re all having a fantastic New Year. If you’ve got a spare moment amidst all of the celebration and revelry, you could always check out this little Naw Ruz round up. If not, hey, no worries. I understand. Naw Ruz parties are but once a year.

Great little story about a Baha’i devotional meeting in Jackson, TN courtesy of the Jackson Sun:
What typically happens is that open invitations are extended for members of the community to come to one of their nondenominational prayer meetings. On the glass coffee table in the Schmidts’ home are the books “The Bounty of Allah” and […]

Happy Birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday to Baha’i Blog, haaaaappppy biiiiirthdaaay toooo us.
Can you believe it’s already been a year of internet surfery and madcap blogging hijinks? From post #1 (you’d think I’d remove these test posts wouldn’t you? but it seems a little silly to do it now), to post […]

So the fast is fast approaching (I’d tell you how long I’ve been waiting to type that if it didn’t make me look like a giant dork) and I hope you’re all prepared. If you’re not, head over here and read some quotes about the importance of fasting. Once you’re suitably amped, go here for […]

I’m heading off for pilgrimage. So posting will be light non-existent for the next nine days. I’ll let you know how it goes.
If you can’t wait that long, you can go and download the entire pilgrimage video, and get a bit of an idea. That cute little Irish girl talking about the Shrine of […]

This is one of those ‘two birds, one stone’ kind of posts where I get to tell you that, first, all of you flickr users should make sure to sign up for the Baha’i group because, um… that would be rad. And secondly, that said Baha’i group is looking for submissions for a photo collage […]

And so Baha’i blog begins it’s countdown to NEBY Fest 2006, the hottest most bo-dacious Fest there is (For those of you who, like me, are not from the east coast of the US of A, NEBY fest is the North Eastern Baha’i Youth fest and is, apparently, the largest youth conference in the US).
So […]

I have no idea how I could have missed this, but it seems that today is World Religion Day! Started by the American Baha’is way back in 1949 to emphasize the common denominators underlying all religions, it’s celebrated every year on the third Sunday in January. So check the calendar for events in your […]

In the we-need-to-learn-how-to-use-blogs-more-effectively catagory, here’s a quick post to point you to a brand new blog of Baha’i events from around the world.
Post #1 is a free concert in Banglore, India on the 4th of January. Anyone who might be in Banglore 2 days from now can check it out. Others may want to note […]

I’m back from Uganda, so posting should be back to normal (whatever that means). I was going to throw up a little post about the House of Worship in Kampala, but my photos aren’t back yet and I can’t tell you much more than you can find out from the link. But it sure is […]

Tonight is the celebration of the ascention of Baha’u'llah and it seems those same mysterious New Yorkers that put up this flash presentation to commemorate the declaration of the Bab have put up another one for the ascension of Baha’u'llah.

Link

Only one day late (I think I’m getting better at this) I offer this nice little flash presentation to mark the declaration of the Bab on May 23, 1844.
Link (flash, via the Bahai’s of New York)

Baha’i actor Phillip Hinton was recently in Malaysia to preform his monoluge, Portals to Freedom, which he adapted from the book of the same name by Howard Colby Ives.
From The Star Online:
If you’ve been to Australia, chances are you have heard his rich, resonating voice. Phillip Hinton is in great demand as one of Sydney’s […]

Known last year as the Australian Baha’i Film Festival, the Harmony Film Festival is an international short film festival in Sydney, Australia. The theme of the festival this year is “women”.
From their site:

The first year’s festival in 2004 was a huge success with 28 entries and over 700 people attending the Sydney screening night, multiple […]

Alright, so we’re a little late with the Ridvan post. Sorry about that. To make up for it we give you this article from the Virgin Islands Daily News:

The Baha’is of the Virgin Islands celebrate the annual Festival of Ridvan (pronounced Rizwan) for 12 days from April 21 to May 2.

“Ridvan” means “paradise.” From April […]

The Congo Baha’i Youth Choir is going to be on CNN Inside Africa this weekend. So everybody set your VCRs and Tivos.

Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America
SAT 1630 GMT, SUN 0630 GMT

Asia, S. Asia
SAT 1630 GMT

United States
SAT 12:30

The Baha’i News Service has a story up today about Mr Tony Blair’s love for the Baha’i community. From the article:
The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, has praised the work of the nation’s Baha’i community in assisting social cohesion and the interfaith movement.

“In many ways, Baha’is embody the spirit of community cohesion […]