It Looks Like It's Open (ILLIO) - 13 E Tulane Rd, Columbus, Ohio
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Two New Studio Mates! We're so happy to welcome Michael Morris and Angie Never as new mates on this studio ship! Michael has been leading the Queer Yoga classes on Tuesday nights and will continue to do so. Michael is a student and instructor of dance and a scholar of eco-sexuality. Read a little more about him here. Angie brings tribal-style belly dance to c-bus with her awesome troupe Sacred Shimmy. She also teaches yoga at Yoga on High. Check out her current classes here.
Studio-mate shows not at the studio:
December 14 ~ Columbus Museum of ART’s ALL day open house for the brand new Family Wonder room. 50 handmade costumes created by Heidi Kambitsch will be on display for play. Come meet the artist, explore the new space and pretend. Prepare to open your imaginations and become a wicked wild creature!
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13 E. Tulane events:
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Friday, December 6th, 6:30-9:30
Triommm Kirtan LOVE Circle
Triommm is is a devotional kirtan LOVE circle and community. We are a multi-cultural, universally accepting group that sings devotional songs from many traditions. All are welcome for an hour and a half of singing followed by sharing food and love.
Songbook includes mantras from Vedic Indian, Native American, Buddhist, Christian, Sikh traditions and British Psychedelic Rock. We're open to expanding the Songbook to include your most treasured devotional songs!
Bring your instruments, your voice, your friends, your kids and food to share. Doors & light snacks at 6:30p, Singing at 7:00p, Food at 8:30p.
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Saturday, December 7th, 8pm
Insurgent Theater: "Know Your Enemy"
A Theatrical Examination of Police and Prison in America.
Written by Ben Turk, Directed by Kate Pleuss, Performed by Ben Turk
90 minutes
insurgenttheatre.org
What does it mean to be a compassionate, dedicated, humane police officer in the country with the world's highest incarceration rate and a continuing tradition of racial injustice? Know Your Enemy examines the role of police using stripped down interactive theatre, critical understanding of history and the power of silent refusal. Know your history. Know your rights. Know your enemy.
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Sunday, December 8th, 2-4:pm
Open Meditation: Rebirth
Here's my reflection for this month. Feel free to bring whatever practices or words inspire you.
I'm excited to share quiet with you
this Sunday!
*We sit for two 20 minute sessions, with mindful walking in between. We will have time for every participant to talk before and after the sit. Those new to meditation are welcome to join and participate as much as they feel comfortable! There is no cost. Donations will be accepted.
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Writing about the nature of impermanence, Zen philosopher Dogen reminded his students,
Do not wait for the teachings from others,
the words of the scriptures,
and for the principles of enlightenment.
We are born in the morning and die in the evening;
the person we saw yesterday is no longer with us today.
These facts we see with our own eyes and hear with our own ears.
Feeling lost and trapped in my emotions this week, a dear friend reminded me how my suffering can be like the labor pains of a mother giving birth to a new life. If I can make space for my own heart to expand beyond the boundaries of my habits, I can allow myself to become something wholly new, something never before seen on this earth. Neither simply better nor worse, this new self stands at the limits of what is possible. Seeing my experience as the ground of a limitless transformation allows me to experience my emotions fully.
Looking at myself in its process with a sense of wonder, I can be wholly unexpected to myself. I can be both like the mother offering up a part of her body to the air and like the new child taking it's first look at the bright sky. Both the mother and the child carry ancestral knowledge of birth in their bodies. Again and again I am reminded, this is the central task: to trust myself in becoming.
Real rebirth is not an idea, but something to be experienced uniquely, in ourselves and in community. The most direct way to cultivate a feeling of renewal is to set aside all projects, become still, and watch with focused curiosity the newness of time.
Let's try this simple practice together.
Tuesday, December 10th 7:30pm - and every Tuesday -
Queer Yoga's Tuesday Tadasana
Queer Yoga is Columbus's first queer-focused yoga class that offers professional yoga instruction in a designated Safe(r) Space. We endeavor to cultivate an atmosphere of acceptance and community in all we do, from sun salutations to post-yoga snack time. Whether you are new to yoga, or you can complete a headstand without assistance, you will find something to challenge and deepen your practice.
Class fees are $6 for ALL participants. Everyone is welcome. Bring a mat.
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Friday, December 13th, 7-10:pm
"Bells of the Deep" Ward and Alwood Karcic
"Bells of the Deep" is a one night only art showing of photography by Nathan C. Ward and paintings by Meagan Alwood Karcic.
The works are often figurative and abstract, expressing the deep emotion and beauty the artists see in everyday life. The show will feature a collaborative art piece raffle, and live music performance by
Jocelyn Hach, Jordan Didomenico, and Josh Culberson
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Sunday, Dec. 15, 1pm – 4pm
Binaural beats and the oscilloscope: A gentle introduction to sound art
Instructors: Krista Faist and Samuel Hoar
Fee: $27.50
In this workshop, participants will learn how to generate binaural beats, and in the process learn the basics of the oscilloscope. Binaural beats (discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1839), or binaural tones, are auditory processing artifacts, or apparent sounds, caused by specific physical stimuli. The brain produces a phenomenon resulting in low-frequency pulsations in the amplitude and sound localization of a perceived sound when two tones at slightly different frequencies are presented separately, one to each of a subject’s ears, using stereo headphones. A beating tone will be perceived, as if the two tones mixed naturally, out of the brain.
The oscilloscope is an electronic measurement devices that can be used to observe the characteristics of a circuit in real time. It can also be used for debugging and hardware hacking.
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Friday, December 20th, showtimes 6:00 and 7:30
What the Christmas Tree REALLY Saw
The Holiday Season is a time of cheer and happiness, joy, peace and goodwill... or is it? In the rush and insanity of the holidays, come join us and discover a new expression of this season for yourself.
You're invited to share YOUR story. Together, we'll explore how our own deepest commitments are often buried beneath the latest fads and fashions.
Hosted and narrated by Douglas Evergreen, the Christmas Tree, you'll come away with new ways to find your heart, rise above the madness and break through to the joy and hope that is so often missing at this time of year.
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Saturday, December 21st, 8:pm
Chris Welcome
Guitarist and composer, Chris Welcome, will perform solo guitar.
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Friday, December 27th, 6:30-9:30
Triommm Kirtan LOVE Circle
Triommm is is a devotional kirtan LOVE circle and community. We are a multi-cultural, universally accepting group that sings devotional songs from many traditions. All are welcome for an hour and a half of singing followed by sharing food and love.
Songbook includes mantras from Vedic Indian, Native American, Buddhist, Christian, Sikh traditions and British Psychedelic Rock. We're open to expanding the Songbook to include your most treasured devotional songs!
Bring your instruments, your voice, your friends, your kids and food to share. Doors & light snacks at 6:30p, Singing at 7:00p, Food at 8:30p.
