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SUMMARY:Virtual Class: Wendy Walsh - Continuing the Journey with Dante's Purgatorio (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Continue the journey with Dante on Zoom! Join Wendy Walsh for the reading and study of Purgatorio\, the second cantica of Dante’s Commedia. \nDante and Virgil begin their climb of the immense Mountain of Purgatory in the middle of the unpopulated waters of the Southern Hemisphere. Before reaching Purgatory proper\, they travel through Ante Purgatory and then up through the seven terraces\, each one reflecting one of the seven deadly sins. Their goal is the Earthly Paradise at the top of the mountain and along the way they will meet the many saved souls who are happily purifying themselves for their ascent to Paradise.  Purgatory is “where the soul of man is cleansed\,/ made worthy to ascend to Heaven. (dove l’umano spirito si purga/e di salire al ciel diventa degno” Canto I\, 5-6.) \nWendy Walsh has a PhD in Italian Literature from UC Berkeley. She has been teaching Italian language and literature since 1979.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-class-wendy-walsh-continuing-the-journey-with-dantes-purgatorio-via-zoom/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210119T090000
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SUMMARY:Rise & Shine: Winter 2021 | Series of Odes
DESCRIPTION:Rise & Shine is a generative poetry workshop presented by Surprise the Line\, hosted by Nancy Lynée Woo. Started in April 2020\, Rise & Shine began as a daily writing group in response to the pandemic and NaPoWriMo. Now\, the morning meetings rotate throughout the year with different series. \nAbout This Group:\nThe purpose of this space is to generate new words on the page together. We welcome anyone who would like to start their day with an invigorating poetry writing prompt in a communal setting. Rise & Shine will stay free and donation-based to allow anyone access to this generative writing group. \nThe first hour is spent writing\, and whoever would like to stay and share is welcome to read their draft (not a critique space). Invite surprise onto the page! Discover what wants to be written on that particular day without judgment. Lean into the process. \nOdes:\nThe Winter 2021 series will meet Tuesday mornings at 9 am PST\, starting January 19 and ending March 9 (8 weeks). Our focus will be writing odes! \nAn ode is traditionally a lyric poem written in reverence to a particular object or thing. Modern odes allow a lot of room for exploration. For the purposes of this workshop\, writing an ode simply means “paying particular attention to.” We will practice writing close details of a specific object or thing\, with plenty of room to discover what else there is to see underneath. \n“Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.” Anne Enright \nEach week\, the prompt will include an example ode for inspiration and some starting points\, including a broad topic for focus\, if you choose to take it. Like all Surprise the Line workshops\, you do not need to write to the prompt. Follow your own inspiration wherever it leads. \nFor the comfort of participants\, these sessions will not be recorded.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rise-shine-winter-2021-series-of-odes/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T180000
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SUMMARY:Sharpen Your Pencil: Elements of a Poem in Revision
DESCRIPTION:Do you want your poems to sing more sweetly? Resonate more deeply? Read more beautifully? \nIn this 8-week craft workshop\, you will learn structured techniques for writing and revising poems in a small-group setting. Each week\, we will focus on one specific element in poetry\, and use that topic as a guiding principle for revising our poems. \nOften\, we’re given feedback on our work but might not know exactly what to do next. This class will combine theory with practice. The goal is to equip you with the tools to revise your own poems with grace and ease in order to take your work to the next level. \nWhat You’ll Get Out of This Workshop:\n\n8 lesson packets to help you revise poems\, each focused on a different poetic element\, with example poems and short essays\nMANY prompts for revising poems that you can use any time\nSmall-group witness of your revised poems to encourage positive learning\nA fun\, supportive environment with other awesome poets\nSensitivity and integrity toward your voice and process\nReal-time inspiration and feedback from the group\n\nWhat You’ll Need:\n\nA handful (4-8) of written drafts that you feel have some promise\, but aren’t quite “there” yet\, and you’re not sure what they’re missing or what to do next\nSome time each week to practice a revision technique outside of class (30 minutes minimum)\nAbility to detach from the work so you can revise (and create anew!) with pleasure\nDesire to make your poems the best they can be at this moment in time without judgment\nA beginner’s mindset (no matter how long you’ve been writing)\nA sense of adventure and openness to discovery\nNon-attachment to a specific outcome (this is the magic!)\nRespect\, integrity and playfulness with your peers (we are all learning\, writing and practicing together!)\n\n8-Week Schedule\nWorkshop A will be offered on Wednesday evenings from 6-9pm PST starting January 20 and ending March 10. Workshop B will be offered Thursday mornings from 10am-1pm PST starting January 21 and ending March 11. Please see the calendar for full dates. \n\nWeek 1: From First Draft to Finished – How to approach revision\, editing\, and the creative flow.\nWeek 2: Lines Lines Lines (& Stanzas) – Line breaks\, line lengths\, units of meaning on the page.\nWeek 3: Exploding the Image – Sinking deeper into metaphor & meaning.\nWeek 4: Word Choice & Diction – Words are pretty important to poems.\nWeek 5: Repetition & Patterns – Let’s investigate how refrains can change the game.\nWeek 6: Sound & Rhythm – Poems are music! Can you make them siiiing?\nWeek 7: Titles & Endings – Let’s not overlook these important bookends!\nWeek 8: Final Workshop – Recap and Review\n\nWorkshop Structure:\nWe’ll spend some time in the first meeting talking about what revision is\, how to do it\, and what our blocks/goals are. You’ll be invited to bring a working poem in to share with the group to introduce your work and receive productive feedback. Then\, at the end of the first class\, you’ll receive the prompt for the week to try out some revision techniques for that poem. When you return next week\, bring both the earlier draft and the revised version to share! \nBecause the focus is on revising our work\, each week you will be given the opportunity to revise a piece\, and then share both versions. The purpose of this is to get feedback from the group about how the poem has evolved to reinforce what you are learning. If the poem feels “done\,” great! If not\, we celebrate a step in its development. \nBONUS: For anyone writing toward a manuscript right now\, this class provides a great opportunity to revise your 8 poems toward a specific theme\, topic\, narrative or question\, if you choose to\, with a bonus prompt for guidance. \nCritique Style as Witness:\nIn this style of workshop\, we practice “witness” as our mode of giving comments on each other’s work rather than “criticism.” This means that we speak from our personal viewpoint (own your “I”)\, make observations rather than criticisms (what we notice rather than what’s “wrong”)\, ask productive questions\, and give all feedback with the intent of helping the writer learn more about their own process of writing that poem. \nWriting poetry is an act of discovery\, and it is a privilege to be able to take part in each other’s discovery process. In this way\, we cultivate an atmosphere of trust\, respect and integrity. We never tell another writer the “correct answer” to their poem; rather\, we act as believing mirrors for each other’s work and help each other recognize nuggets of beauty to be explored. \nMotivating Philosophy:\nStructure allows room for experimentation. Add elements of craft to your unique aesthetic\, stir\, and see what happens. Taking our work seriously doesn’t mean taking ourselves too seriously! Invite surprise onto the page. Have fun! Poetry is discovery. What else is there to do but create? \nLimit 6 per group
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SUMMARY:Aida Salazar on Instagram Live IGTV
DESCRIPTION:reading The Land of the Cranes\, a heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of a young Latinx girl who learns to hold on to hope and love even in the darkest of places: a family detention center for migrants and refugees. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, January 30\, 2021 – 11:00am\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us on Instagram IGTV. Follow along @MRSDALLOWAYS. Videos disappear after 24 hours so be sure to watch! \nNine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels\, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan\, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government’s Immigration Customs Enforcement\, her father deported back to Mexico\, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp–Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture poems her father taught her\, but each day threatens to further tear her family apart. \nAida Salazar is also the author of The Moon Within. She lives with her family of artists in a teal house in Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aida-salazar-on-instagram-live-igtv/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Virtual Class: Art History with Kerrin Meis - The Aesthetic Movement: The Cult of Beauty Revisited (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:In their operetta Patience\, Gilbert and Sullivan skewered the Aesthetic movement—the anti-industrial stance adopted by a talented and opinionated group of artists\, poets\, and architects that had an enormous impact on painting\, architecture\, interior design\, and dress. Closely related to the Arts and Crafts movement\, Aestheticism attempted to redefine the relationship between “Fine Arts” and design. An exhibit in 2012\, originated by the Victoria and Albert Museum\, celebrated the creations of Dante Gabriel Rossetti\, James McNeill Whistler\, Burne-Jones\, Godwin\, William Morris\, and a host of others. Let’s educate ourselves about the philosophy\, interaction\, and production of these creative geniuses. We look at paintings\, sculpture\, furniture\, household objects\, and houses—and read some poetry. \nKerrin Meis taught art history at SFSU for ten years and has led study tours in Europe. Her Book Passage classes have been favorites for years.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-class-art-history-with-kerrin-meis-the-aesthetic-movement-the-cult-of-beauty-revisited-via-zoom/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Barbara McHugh with Dorothy Edwards - Bride of the Buddha (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Bride of the Buddha is a vivid portrayal of the life of Yasodhara—abandoned wife of the Buddha\, Siddhartha Gautama—depicting her as a spiritual seeker in her own right\, a woman who sought to understand the meaning of life even before her husband left their marriage and their infant son Rahula to seek his own enlightenment. Author Barbara McHugh brings to life the world of the aristocratic clan into which Yasodhara and Siddhartha Gautama were born and imagines Yasodhara as intelligent\, resourceful and independent—a woman who had always sought her own spiritual path\, despite the constraints placed on women at the time. Following the Siddhartha’s departure\, Yasodhara devotes herself to her life as a mother\, but when the Buddha returns and their young son leaves his family to enter the sangha\, she is devastated to learn that\, as a woman\, she is prohibited from joining them. Bereft\, she leaves the comforts of her family to live in the wild and apprentices herself to a female holy woman. After many adventures of her own\, she conceals her gender and enters the Buddha’s sangha as a young monk named Ananda\, who will eventually become one of the Buddha’s closest confidants and ultimately the one who convinces the Buddha to allow women into their community. \nIn the best tradition of historical fiction\, McHugh\, as she states in the novel’s Historical Note\, mixes “fact and fiction\, taking advantage of modern scholarship\, while at the same time weaving in myths and symbolic narratives to express truth\nbeyond words” in order to portray “a Buddha who is both a historical being and an evolving\, collective creation of the human imagination.” McHugh brings the past vividly to life in Bride of the Buddha while also addressing issues still debated today\, including gender identity\, sexuality\, the role of women in religious communities\, motherhood\, and more. She has created a book that\, as Sam Keen\, author of Fire in the Belly and Your Mythic Journey writes\, brings “Yasodhara out of the shadows” and makes “…use of historical texts\, oral traditions\, and a vivid imagination\, [to create] a portrait of the bride of Buddha and the world in which he lived…unforgettable.” \nBarbara McHugh\, PhD\, is a Buddhist practitioner with a degree in religion and literature from The Graduate Theological Union and UC Berkeley. She is a published poet\, writing coach\, and book doctor. Her research for this book includes exhaustive study of Pali texts in translation and on-site explorations in India. \nDorothy Edwards‘ first published work is Langston’s Moon\, a children’s story about an African American family. Currently she is at work on a novel set in the Caribbean and a non-fiction book about imagination.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/barbara-mchugh-with-dorothy-edwards-bride-of-the-buddha-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Sherry L. Smith with Peter Coyote (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Sherry L. Smith’s Bohemians West is a revelatory biography of a radical romance at the dawn of the twentieth century. \nThe opening years of the twentieth century saw a grand cast of radicals and reformers fighting for a new America\, seeking change not only in labor picket lines and at women’s suffrage rallies but also in homes and bedrooms. In the thick of this heady milieu were Sara Bard Field and Charles Erskine Scott Wood\, two aspiring poets and political activists whose love story uncovers a potent emotional world underneath this transformative time. \nSelf-declared pioneers in free love\, Sara and Erskine exchanged hundreds of letters that chartered a new kind of romantic relationship\, and their personal affair frequently intersected with their deeply engaged political lives. As Sara’s star rose in the suffrage movement (including an automobile trip she took across the country in 1915 carrying a petition with thousands of signatures demanding Congress pass the Nineteenth Amendment)\, she began to ask questions about her own power in her relationship with Erskine. Charting a passionate and tumultuous relationship that spanned decades\, Bohemians West offers a deeply personal look at a dynamic period in American history. \nSherry L. Smith is University Distinguished Professor of History (Emerita) at Southern Methodist University. A historian of the American West and Native America\, Smith’s other books include Hippies\, Indians\, and the Fight for Red Power and Reimagining Indians: Native Americans through Anglo Eyes\, 1880–1940\, both published by Oxford University Press. She is a former president of the Western History Association and received the Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellowship at the Huntington Library\, which supported research for Bohemians West. Smith has also been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Fulbright Foundation\, and Yale University’s Beinecke Library. She lives in Moose\, Wyoming\, and Pasadena\, California. \nPeter Coyote is the author of the 1960’s counter-culture memoir Sleeping Where I Fall\, which received universally excellent reviews and has been in continuous print since 1999. His second book about mentors and the search for wisdom\, The Rainman’s Third Cure: An Irregular Education\, was nominated as one of the top five non-fiction books published in California in 2015. His third book\, Unmasking Your True Self (the Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet the Buddha) combines 50 years of Buddhist practice with acting and uses masks and improv exercises to foster liberation experiences and teach people “how to get out of their own way.” It is forthcoming from Inner Traditions Press\, as his first book of poems\, The Tongue of a Crow. He has performed as an actor in over 160 films for theaters and TV. He is a double Emmy-Award winning narrator of over 150 documentary films. An ordained Zen Buddhist priest and transmitted teacher\, Peter is currently giving live weekly dharma talks on Facebook\, preparing for a fourth book called Vernacular Buddhism.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-sherry-l-smith-with-peter-coyote-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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