Join Spirit & Place this year as we embark on an exploration of the festival’s GRATITUDE theme through a series of book discussions. Our second gathering will occur IN PERSON on Saturday, April 27 from 11am - 12pm at the Michigan Road Branch Library (6201 N. Michigan Rd.). We will discuss The Book of Delights by […]
Powerful Conversations on Race is a monthly community dialogue series exploring topics around race and racism and the resulting impact. Powerful Conversations on Race is a way for us to get comfortable talking about uncomfortable histories and is, therefore, rooted in historical documents and subject matter. This IS NOT a lecture or book club, but […]
Join with Spirit & Place on an exploration of the festival’s GRATITUDE theme through a series of book discussions. Our next gathering will occur IN PERSON on Tuesday, August 13 from 6 - 7PM at the College Ave. Library (4180 N. College Ave.). We will discuss Here For It, or, How to Save Your Soul in America by […]
Powerful Conversations on Race is a monthly community dialogue series exploring topics around race and racism and the resulting impact. Powerful Conversations on Race is a way for us to get comfortable talking about uncomfortable histories and is, therefore, rooted in historical documents and subject matter. This IS NOT a lecture or book club, but […]
This event is currently operating a waitlist. Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained Lutheran pastor, founder of House for All Sinners & Saints in Denver, host of The Confessional podcast, and author of three New York Times bestselling memoirs, including Accidental Saints. She writes and speaks about personal failings, recovery, grace, faith, and really whatever the […]
Alice Randall is a New York Times best-selling novelist, award-winning songwriter, educator, and food activist. Her new memoir, My Black Country, celebrates the power of Black influences on country music. Joining Randall with a performance is multilingual singer/songwriter Leyla McCalla, founding member of Our Native Daughters and alum of the Grammy-winning The Carolina Chocolate Drops. […]
Powerful Conversations on Race is a monthly community dialogue series exploring topics around race and racism and the resulting impact. Powerful Conversations on Race is a way for us to get comfortable talking about uncomfortable histories and is, therefore, rooted in historical documents and subject matter. This IS NOT a lecture or book club, but […]
Storytelling portion will have ASL Interpretation. Celebrate the opening of the Spirit & Place Festival by letting us show you our gratitude with live music by Alexo Cazares and Eric Salazar, a storytelling performance by Sally Perkins, and artmaking activities led by the Ivy Tech Fine Arts Department! Art supplies and food are available while […]
ASL & Spanish Language Interpreted. Join in a joyful celebration to show our deep appreciation and connection with each other and Mother Earth. Listen and share stories and songs. Dance, breathe, move, create, and even cook in an expression of gratitude for the earth, skies, seas, and all living creatures. Children, teens, and their families […]
Discovering new ways to express “thanks” can be an exciting adventure! This self-directed open-house event for all ages invites us to experience gratitude for small things and the big things using our bodies, minds, voices, and spirits. This event recognizes gratitude is not just something we feel, but something we do—and it is something that […]
On the road away from rather than toward anything, Robin finds refuge in the home of Carrie, an iconoclast with an open heart and an open door, who provides a place—without judgment—for human strays. An audience-inclusive discussion about unspoken gratitude will follow the performance. Intimately staged for a limited number of audience members at each […]
On the road away from rather than toward anything, Robin finds refuge in the home of Carrie, an iconoclast with an open heart and an open door, who provides a place—without judgment—for human strays. An audience-inclusive discussion about unspoken gratitude will follow the performance. Intimately staged for a limited number of audience members at each […]
