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Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey - A Spoken Word Performance
<p>The UUS Racial Justice Action/Study Team invites you to an evening of spoken-word performance with Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey. <em><u>Free-will donations from the show will benefit Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County</u></em>. Light refreshments will be available after the show. </p><p>Caleb Rainey is an author, performer, and producer. He hails from Columbia, MO, and holds a BA in English (Creative Writing) from the U of I. He is actively curating a community of spoken word poets in Iowa City through his creation of a high school program, IC Speaks, and producing local events like Poetry & Motion. A sampling of Rainey's work can be viewed on The Negro Artist YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2ru6QamA5dS5oS5ed7b-_A">The Negro Artist</a></p><p>As a performer he is the winner of the Des Moines Poetry Slam, the Iowa City Poetry Slam, a two-time winner of the Fire & Ice Poetry Slam, and a finalist for the UNESCO City of Literature Global Poetry Slam – Iowa City. His performances have taken place across the country and internationally in London, England. </p><p>His debut book, "<strong>Look, Black Boy</strong>," became Amazon’s #1 new release in African American poetry, and was featured on Iowa Public Radio. His second book, "<strong>Heart Notes</strong>," was published in October. He co-founded the literary magazine <strong>Black Art; Real Stories</strong>, was published in Iowa's Best Emerging Poets - 2019, the <strong>Little Village Magazine</strong>, and writes a monthly column for The Real Mainstream.</p> 2020-01-31 22:00:00 -0600
2/22/207:00 p.m.Unitarian Universalist SocietyCoralville -
Black History Revisited
<p>Black History Revisited is a program of poetry, prose, storytelling, and music highlighting the contributions of Black Americans. Local artists Kory May, Sam Black, and Brittany Lensing will perform in this Black History Month tribute. A reception and refreshments will follow.</p> 2020-02-03 17:30:00 -06002/22/203:30 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
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Black History Revisited
<p>Black History Revisited is a program of poetry, prose, storytelling, and music highlighting the contributions of Black Americans. Local artists Kory May, Sam Black, and Brittany Lensing will perform in this Black History Month tribute. A reception and refreshments will follow.</p> 2020-02-03 17:30:00 -06002/29/203:30 p.m.United WayCedar Rapids -
Saturday Soul-Stretch for Lovers of Embodied Spirituality at Prairiewoods
<p>Wake up! Wake up! The weekend is here. Saturday Soul Stretch will get us out of bed and back into our full-spectrum humanity. Join facilitator Laura Weber at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) to de-stress, reconnect and sink deeply into the present moment. A hot breakfast starts the day, followed by gentle tai chi movement and a sitting meditation to foster deep relaxation. To relax and engage, sip a cup of aromatic tea and enter into a whole new realm of exploration with a different spiritual modality each month, such as dream work, journaling, mandalas, labyrinth, breath-exercise, sounding, centering prayer, poetry for the soul, singing bowl meditation or drumming. To cap off the morning’s spiritual workout, enjoy a mindfulness walk out in the beauty of Prairiewoods’ 70 acres of prairie grasses, trees, streams and gardens, with only the owls, squirrels, turkeys and deer as your companion-guides. Finally, return to the Spirituality Center for a scrumptious luncheon, and leave happy and refreshed. The cost is $50 and includes breakfast and lunch. (You may choose to pay an additional $25 to stay through the afternoon with dinner, or $55 to stay overnight with Sunday breakfast.) For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2018-01-09 13:00:00 -0600
4/04/208:00 a.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Saturday Soul-Stretch for Lovers of Embodied Spirituality at Prairiewoods
<p>Wake up! Wake up! The weekend is here. Saturday Soul Stretch will get us out of bed and back into our full-spectrum humanity. Join facilitator Laura Weber at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) to de-stress, reconnect and sink deeply into the present moment. A hot breakfast starts the day, followed by gentle tai chi movement and a sitting meditation to foster deep relaxation. To relax and engage, sip a cup of aromatic tea and enter into a whole new realm of exploration with a different spiritual modality each month, such as dream work, journaling, mandalas, labyrinth, breath-exercise, sounding, centering prayer, poetry for the soul, singing bowl meditation or drumming. To cap off the morning’s spiritual workout, enjoy a mindfulness walk out in the beauty of Prairiewoods’ 70 acres of prairie grasses, trees, streams and gardens, with only the owls, squirrels, turkeys and deer as your companion-guides. Finally, return to the Spirituality Center for a scrumptious luncheon, and leave happy and refreshed. The cost is $50 and includes breakfast and lunch. (You may choose to pay an additional $25 to stay through the afternoon with dinner, or $55 to stay overnight with Sunday breakfast.) For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2018-02-13 13:00:00 -0600
3/07/208:00 a.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Mid-Week Tree Speak: Spirituality & the Wood-Wide-Web at Prairiewoods
<p>Pause mid-week to explore and celebrate the recent glut of books and spiritual practices associated with trees. How do trees reach out to us and animate our spiritual journey? The poetess Mary Oliver writes, “When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locusts, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me, and daily.” As trees speak to our souls in many ways, we will read excerpts from recent books about the sacredness of trees and enter the woods to immerse ourselves in their healing energy. Each week’s gathering, facilitated by Laura Weber at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha), will include time for prayer-poetry, forest bathing and conversation around the following books: <em>Overstory</em> by Richard Powers (March 4); <em>The Wild Trees </em>by Richard Preston and<em> The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate</em> by Peter Wohleben (March 11); <em>Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet</em> by Jean Shinoda Bolen (March 18); and <em>To Speak for the Trees: My Life’s Journey From Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest</em> by Diana Beresford-Kroeger (March 25). While spring is marching in, let’s listen to the deep wisdom of our arbor-elders and breathe their same breath of life! The cos is $10 per session or $35 for the four-week series. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2020-02-08 14:30:00 -0600
3/04/201:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Book Club: My Sister, the Serial Killer
<p>About the Book<br> My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet - than water...<br> <br> When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other...<br><br>About the Author<br> OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE is a graduate of Creative Writing and Law from Kingston University. Following her degree, she worked as an assistant editor at Kachifo, a Nigerian publishing house, and has been freelancing as a writer and editor since. In 2014, she was shortlisted as a top-ten spoken-word artist in the Eko Poetry Slam, and in 2016 she was a finalist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She lives in Lagos, Nigeria.</p>
6/04/2012:00 a.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Mid-Week Tree Speak: Spirituality & the Wood-Wide-Web at Prairiewoods
<p>Pause mid-week to explore and celebrate the recent glut of books and spiritual practices associated with trees. How do trees reach out to us and animate our spiritual journey? The poetess Mary Oliver writes, “When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locusts, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me, and daily.” As trees speak to our souls in many ways, we will read excerpts from recent books about the sacredness of trees and enter the woods to immerse ourselves in their healing energy. Each week’s gathering, facilitated by Laura Weber at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha), will include time for prayer-poetry, forest bathing and conversation around the following books: <em>Overstory</em> by Richard Powers (March 4); <em>The Wild Trees </em>by Richard Preston and<em> The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate</em> by Peter Wohleben (March 11); <em>Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet</em> by Jean Shinoda Bolen (March 18); and <em>To Speak for the Trees: My Life’s Journey From Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest</em> by Diana Beresford-Kroeger (March 25). While spring is marching in, let’s listen to the deep wisdom of our arbor-elders and breathe their same breath of life! The cos is $10 per session or $35 for the four-week series. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2020-03-11 14:30:00 -0500
3/11/201:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Mid-Week Tree Speak: Spirituality & the Wood-Wide-Web at Prairiewoods
<p>Pause mid-week to explore and celebrate the recent glut of books and spiritual practices associated with trees. How do trees reach out to us and animate our spiritual journey? The poetess Mary Oliver writes, “When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locusts, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me, and daily.” As trees speak to our souls in many ways, we will read excerpts from recent books about the sacredness of trees and enter the woods to immerse ourselves in their healing energy. Each week’s gathering, facilitated by Laura Weber at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha), will include time for prayer-poetry, forest bathing and conversation around the following books: <em>Overstory</em> by Richard Powers (March 4); <em>The Wild Trees </em>by Richard Preston and<em> The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate</em> by Peter Wohleben (March 11); <em>Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet</em> by Jean Shinoda Bolen (March 18); and <em>To Speak for the Trees: My Life’s Journey From Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest</em> by Diana Beresford-Kroeger (March 25). While spring is marching in, let’s listen to the deep wisdom of our arbor-elders and breathe their same breath of life! The cos is $10 per session or $35 for the four-week series. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2020-03-18 14:30:00 -0500
3/18/201:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Mid-Week Tree Speak: Spirituality & the Wood-Wide-Web at Prairiewoods
<p>Pause mid-week to explore and celebrate the recent glut of books and spiritual practices associated with trees. How do trees reach out to us and animate our spiritual journey? The poetess Mary Oliver writes, “When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locusts, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me, and daily.” As trees speak to our souls in many ways, we will read excerpts from recent books about the sacredness of trees and enter the woods to immerse ourselves in their healing energy. Each week’s gathering, facilitated by Laura Weber at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha), will include time for prayer-poetry, forest bathing and conversation around the following books: <em>Overstory</em> by Richard Powers (March 4); <em>The Wild Trees </em>by Richard Preston and<em> The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate</em> by Peter Wohleben (March 11); <em>Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet</em> by Jean Shinoda Bolen (March 18); and <em>To Speak for the Trees: My Life’s Journey From Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest</em> by Diana Beresford-Kroeger (March 25). While spring is marching in, let’s listen to the deep wisdom of our arbor-elders and breathe their same breath of life! The cos is $10 per session or $35 for the four-week series. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2020-03-25 14:30:00 -0500
3/25/201:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Book Club: Murder at the Book Club
<div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="em76l-0-0"><div data-offset-key="em76l-0-0"><span data-offset-key="em76l-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="17hof-0-0"><div data-offset-key="17hof-0-0"><span data-offset-key="17hof-0-0"><span data-text="true">Imagine nine women meeting. Tea and cake are on the coffee table. They’ve come together to share their love of books. They are friends. They trust each other. It’s a happy gathering. What could be more harmless?</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="bs2lc-0-0"><div data-offset-key="bs2lc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bs2lc-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="bh6d5-0-0"><div data-offset-key="bh6d5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bh6d5-0-0"><span data-text="true">Then scratch the surface and look closer.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="coqad-0-0"><div data-offset-key="coqad-0-0"><span data-offset-key="coqad-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="636pi-0-0"><div data-offset-key="636pi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="636pi-0-0"><span data-text="true">One is lonely. One is desperate and one of them is a killer.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="201hv-0-0"><div data-offset-key="201hv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="201hv-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="altt1-0-0"><div data-offset-key="altt1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="altt1-0-0"><span data-text="true">When the body of a woman is discovered on a Cambridge common, DCI Barrett and DI Palmer are called in to investigate. But the motive behind the crime isn’t clear… And it all leads back to a book club.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="8fqgi-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8fqgi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8fqgi-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="1c7vq-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1c7vq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1c7vq-0-0"><span data-text="true">As the lies, volatile friendships and tension among the group rise to the surface, DCI Barrett and DI Palmer must work out the motive and track down a cold-blooded killer. But just when they think they are on the right track, a twist in the case throws them off course…</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="fp3hu-0-0"><div data-offset-key="fp3hu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fp3hu-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="9s54b-0-0"><div data-offset-key="9s54b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9s54b-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Author</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="2712u-0-0"><div data-offset-key="2712u-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2712u-0-0"><span data-text="true">etsy Freeman Reavley is the author of Beneath the Watery Moon and A Worm in the Bottle. Carrion, her latest psychological thriller will be released in November 2014.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="eng5q-0-0"><div data-offset-key="eng5q-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eng5q-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="50f34-0-0"><div data-offset-key="50f34-0-0"><span data-offset-key="50f34-0-0"><span data-text="true">She was born in Hammersmith, London.As a child she moved around frequently with her family, spending time in London, Provence, Tuscany, Gloucestershire and Cambridgeshire.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="1ricc-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1ricc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1ricc-0-0"><span data-text="true">She showed a flair for literature and writing from a young age and had a particular interest in poetry, of which she was a prolific consumer and producer.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="1m18h-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1m18h-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1m18h-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="71ine-0-0"><div data-offset-key="71ine-0-0"><span data-offset-key="71ine-0-0"><span data-text="true">In her early twenties she moved to Oxford, where she would eventually meet her husband. During her time in Oxford her interests turned from poetry to novels and she began to develop her own unique style of psychological thriller.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="41qip-0-0"><div data-offset-key="41qip-0-0"><span data-offset-key="41qip-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="5vkqi-0-0"><div data-offset-key="5vkqi-0-0"><br></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="fik08-0-0"><br></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="c9vf1-0-0"><div data-offset-key="c9vf1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c9vf1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Reavley says "I think people are at their most fascinating when they are faced with life's real horrors." This is what I love to write about.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="3t1l8-0-0"><div data-offset-key="3t1l8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3t1l8-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="c1nuv-0-0"><div data-offset-key="c1nuv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c1nuv-0-0"><span data-text="true">Betsy Reavley currently lives in North London, with her husband 2 children, dog, cat and chickens. You can follow her on Twitter @BetsyReavley</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-26 19:00:00 -0600
8/06/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids