Circle Pines Center is now accepting applications for its Executive Director position. Please email resume and cover letter to: search@circlepinescenter.org Salary and benefits based on skills and experience, but starts at $35,000 when bundled with on-site housing and food. Spouses and partners are invited to submit resumes to be considered for additional employment opportunities at Circle Pines Center.
The Education Committee is looking for members! If you are interested please email Aidan Albano-Bachtell at anguswaffle@gmail.com and he will connect you.
The Bylaws Committee will meet in mid January through mid March and make recommendations to the CPC Board at that time. If you are interested in this special short term committee, please email Romy Fitschen at chair@circlepinescenter.net.
The new Executive Director Search Committee has started to meet. Watch for an email on the position posting soon…
Circle Pines Center is such a special place because we feel surrounded by a community of compatible people. This is because of the people who are attracted to Circle Pines. We tend to practice, speak of, and model values, perspectives, and lifestyles that are not the common norm. Whether we are sitting at a table in the Farmhouse, walking through our beautiful land, or participating in a program activity or work project we are part of an extended family that we are fortunate to have…
At the most recent meeting the CPC Board set some strategic priorities for the next 3 – 6 months. If you have any questions you can reach out to any board member or to Romy Fitschen at chair@circlepinescenter.net.
The membership meeting was attended by 48 members; held in person and over zoom again this year. We hope to continue to do that, so those that are not present physically can hear about things going on at CPC. Of course we had sound issues, and while better than last spring, we will continue to work on. A member mentioned that they never heard of Robert’s Rules of Order. It is the method we use to conduct our meetings…
For the past few years, the Land Use Committee has been working with support and grant funds from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to restore native vegetation on the approximately eight acres of land at the corner of Mullen and Norris roads. For the past two spring-summer-fall seasons we have diligently been collecting bugs every week from traps at our site, as well as a DNR companion site, for the project’s bug study…
In our tenth year of the Buttermilk Jamboree, after a two year hiatus, not only was the weather beautiful and full of sunshine, but so was the music, the workshops, the artwork, and the people!! Over the years of Circle Pines Center hosting what has been called one of the best music festivals in the state of Michigan, the stories that we take away are ongoing, inspirational, and even at times deeply emotional. But sometimes, the favorite stories are those that bring us laughter and shine a light on the comradery that Buttermilk leaders and participants feel with one another…
This past summer of 2022 was my second time teaching clay and ceramics at a summer camp, and my first time working at Circle Pines Center. Josh Behr and I began the summer by converting the People Barn into our summer art studio, repairing two kick-wheels we recovered from the attic of the goat barn, putting up lights and new tables and a large tapestry from last year’s folk opera. I never imagined the art activities we did to have the success that they did…
This September marked the 4th annual hosting of Circle Pine’s Fall Mushroom Camp. One hundred and ten mushroom enthusiasts from all over Michigan, the Midwest, and as far away as Alabama and California, gathered together to hunt for, learn about, and enjoy the amazing variety of mycelium and fruiting bodies (aka mushrooms) that the CPC property has to investigate…
Did you know that Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is celebrated at Circle Pines Center every year during a Spanish Language and Culture Weekend? You may have heard these weekends called Spanish Immersion, a former name that many people still use. These intergenerational gatherings were started in 1996 by CPCers Kathy Siegenthaler and Margaret Aguilar…