Fire at Twin Oaks. QF24 is canceled, here’s how you can help with the recovery efforts

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Dear QuinkFairers, As some of you have likely heard, Twin Oaks Intentional Community (the site of QuinkFair 2023, and current and/or former home to the majority of QuinkFair organizers) was impacted by the devastating 450-acre W Old Mountain Rd wildfire on March 20. The people, pets, and farm animals who live at Twin Oaks are …

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Tinkering a Quink

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This festival, QuinkFair, starts with two unusual challenges:  embracing a new word and a dare. The first idea is that there is an opposite of trauma: a specific event occurs and afterwards you experience healing or a shift in your life in a more positive direction.  We have invented a new word to describe this …

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A Festival with Homework

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[Update May 2023: This post was originally posted here in 2021, and has been updated for this years dates and new site.] This is an ambitious event. We are striving to create a temporary community celebration where we positively change the lives of participants.  This experience strives to strike the delicate balance between joyous celebration …

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