1-hour Playback Theatre performance + 30-minute workshop on Embodied Empathy True Story Theater performs a style of improvisational drama where volunteers from the audience spontaneously share how they connect to the show's theme. Actors and a musician listen deeply and then transform the stories into theater, portraying the heart of what they heard. From this ... Read more
"Are you mad like me? / Have you seized back your dreams / in the fists of your crumpled wings?" In this proof-of-concept performance-lecture, spoken word poet, sci-fi writer, and performance activist Steven T. Licardi introduces us to the remains of several state hospital cemeteries scattered around the United States and abroad. He will be ... Read more
Free Online Global Playshops, June 28th & 29th, 2024 Can learning be more playful for both students and teachers? Renowned educator and author Sir Ken Robinson, famously stated, "Creativity is as important as literacy." This sentiment underscores the fundamental role of play in education. Research supports the notion that play enhances cognitive abilities, creativity, and ... Read more
Free Online Global Playshops, June 28th & 29th, 2024 Can learning be more playful for both students and teachers? Renowned educator and author Sir Ken Robinson, famously stated, "Creativity is as important as literacy." This sentiment underscores the fundamental role of play in education. Research supports the notion that play enhances cognitive abilities, creativity, and ... Read more
6/30/2024, 4pm PDT This in-person event is a choral performance of freedom songs sung by Harmonia, a diversity-appreciating, community choir of mostly white folks who want freedom for all. Directed by John Maas, Harmonia is the resident choir of Sebastopol Center for the Arts in Northern California. At St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Sebastopol, Harmonia ... Read more
You haven't missed it. Watch on YouTube. How do queer artists create spaces of freedom-not just for survival, but for creative process? Amid the federal administration's threats to sanctuary jurisdictions, MovingGround initiated Sanctuary Spaces, an art-action network to share narratives and shed light on people's lives directly impacted through conversation, performance, and co-creating live and ... Read more
You haven’t missed it. Watch on YouTube. 12-2pm PDT / 2-4 pm CDT/ 3-4 pm EDT. How do queer artists create spaces of freedom-not just for survival, but for creative process? Amid the federal administration's threats to sanctuary jurisdictions, MovingGround initiated Sanctuary Spaces, an art-action network to share narratives and shed light on people's lives ... Read more
June 19th, 2026. You are warmly invited to join us for the staged play reading about love. Love of Family, Faith, and Freedom. Three acts: 1865-1963-2025. A black family's journey of struggle and survival living in the USA. Performed by the Enid Pickett Players. Experience this event in person or watch it streaming live. Enid ... Read more
June 20th, 2026. You are warmly invited to join us for the staged play reading about love. Love of Family, Faith, and Freedom. Three acts: 1865-1963-2025. A black family's journey of struggle and survival living in the USA. Performed by the Enid Pickett Players. Experience this event in person or watch it streaming live. Enid ... Read more
Join this experiential group that is open to anyone interested in shifting the experience of aging from one marked by loss, fear and stigma to one rooted in joy, connection, growth, and... yes, Freedom! Helen Abel and Martha McCoy invite all ages to join them as you discover ways to play with, explore and reshape ... Read more
The HEARTbeat of Freedom is based on the famous Fourth of July speech by Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5, 1852. We will present three different renditions of an excerpt from this speech. You will HEAR with your EAR this operatic ART and I know it will touch your HEART. We will begin with the ... Read more