CA Conrad
(Soma)tic Poetry Workshop
May 30 - May 30
Wednesday 2:00pm-4:00pm
Central Park
$10
The aim of (Soma)tic poetry and poetics is the realization of two basic ideas: (1) Everything around us has a creative viability with the potential to spur new modes of thought and imaginative output. (2) The most vital ingredient to bringing sustainable, human changes to our world is creativity. Among other things, we will build a Human Hibernaculum, a place for our poems to THRIVE by the very community of our workshop! (Soma)tic samples can be found at this link: http://abeautifulmarsupial88.blogspot.com/
Chris Forsyth
Sound and Music: Listening Beneath the Surface, a Music Workshop
May 31 - May 31
Thursday 3:00pm-5:00pm
The Center at West Park
$10
This workshop will investigate ways of listening to both environmental sound and organized sound (a.k.a music) via demonstration, participation, and investigating our surroundings (including taking a subway ride). How does sound define space? How does our conventional understanding of music affect our perception of sound in general? What are we listening for when we open our ears? The aim of the workshop is to cultivate a greater understanding of and sensitivity to the power of activated listening - getting past the surface noise and into the underlying content that we often ignore both in our day to day lives, and in our general consumption of music for pleasure.
Heather Lang
Ryan Heffington’s SWEATY SUNDAYS with Heather Lang. Followed with jams by JAMS
June 2 - June 2
Saturday 10:00pm-11:30pm
The Center at West Park
$5
Sweaty Sundays is an open level, feel good dance class for people of all ages, shapes and dance backgrounds that began in LA and is crossing the country for all you beautiful people. Costumes are encouraged. Class is followed immediately by a short, wild, intense, probably fatal 90’s Dance Party.
