Events
"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time." - John Cage
Monday, November 2 at 10a PST - online - Write Your Medicine
Gather in online community to explore the themes of the down, down, & into-the-roots season through mythic, energetic, and embodied lenses. One hour of writing from a series of catalyzing prompts, and then we popcorn a group poem of each person's favorite line or phrase of writing - sign up here
Wednesday, November 11 at 5:30 pm - Homer, Alaska - The Dark Door: Writing into the Lucent Space Beyond Loneliness - at Bunnell Street Arts Center
In this 90 minute writing workshop, explore your personal experience of loneliness as a felt sense, as a modern human dis-ease in an inherently interconnected world, and ultimately as a portal to symbiosis, compassion, understanding, and re-membering. This workshop is inspired by Rae's book-in-progress, Love Letters to the Lonely
Friday, November 13 at 5:30 pm - Homer, Alaska - Long Tone Singing - at Bunnell Street Arts Center
Open to musicians and non-musicians alike. Release tension from your jaw, neck, tongue, and face, and immerse yourself in a DIY soundbath that you cocreate with the community. Let stress melt away as you learn breath, singing, and deep listening practices. Concludes with an artist talk, sharing the fruits of my residency at Bunnell Street.
Monday, November 16 at 6:30 pm PST - online - Write Your Medicine—Further
Gather in online community to use the processes of the down, down, & into-the-roots season to develop your writing. One hour of practices that will help you build on writing you've already begun, whether in the first Monday Write Your Medicine meetup or on your own - sign up here
Monday, December 7 at 10a PST - online - Write Your Medicine
Gather in online community to explore the themes of the deep storing, abiding, dreaming season through mythic, energetic, and embodied lenses. One hour of writing from a series of catalyzing prompts, and then we popcorn a group poem of each person's favorite line or phrase of writing - sign up here
Wednesday, December 9 at 6:45p - Olympia, WA - Long Tone Singing Workshop
Open to musicians and non-musicians alike. Release tension from your jaw, neck, tongue, and face, and immerse yourself in a DIY soundbath that you cocreate with the community. Let stress melt away as you learn breath, singing, and deep listening practices. Doors at 6:45. Workshop begins promptly at 7 pm.
45 minutes warmups, release techniques, and instruction
45 minutes co-created vocal sound bath
plus optional socializing & snacks afterwards
At Decay—402 Washington St NE, Olympia, WA
More info about the workshop, the Long Tone Choir, and Rae.
Please bring a donation appropriate to your circumstances. NOTAFLOF
Monday, December 21 at 6:30 pm PST - online - Write Your Medicine—Further
Gather in online community to use the processes of the deep storing, abiding, dreaming season to develop your writing. One hour of practices that will help you build on writing you've already begun, whether in the first Monday Write Your Medicine meetup or on your own - sign up here
Thursday, January 28, time TBA - Oakland, CA - Thingamajigs Performance Group at Temescal Arts Center
I'll be singing and moving with Keith Evans on live projections, Suki O'Kane on percussion, jurassic electronics, and projections, and Edward Schocker on double reed instruments and glass. Come down the rabbit hole with us to where spacetime becomes a plasmic egg that opens into the universal bird that is at the heart of all of us.
February 2027 - online - 30/30 Tupelo Press Fundraiser
Throughout February, I'll be writing a poem a day (28 poems!) as a fundraiser for Tupelo Press. Please help me raise $500 for one of the great presses of our time. Your support will both enable Tupelo to continue publishing great work—and help keep me inspired through this writing marathon.
Mondays at 4p Pacific Time - online - Qigong classes
"Everything used to measure time really measures space." - Jerome Deshusses"