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DESCRIPTION:THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT.\nHow might we fall more deeply in love
  with the world as it is\, even when that seems impossible? At a time when
  bad news seems to charge the air\, falling in love has never been more im
 portant—with the earth\, with each other\, with ourselves\, with the div
 ine.\nJoin poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and pianist/storyteller/singer/i
 mprovisational virtuoso Ken Medema as the friends explore how we might ope
 n ourselves to personal and communal joy. The 90-minute program includes p
 oetry\, song\, a conversation with the audience\, and a chance to meet thi
 s same world\, exactly as it is\, in a new way.\n\nDATE/TIME: September 23
 \, 6:30-8:00 pm CST\nCOST: Sliding Scale – Pay what you can: $45\, $30\,
  $15\nThis event will be recorded. Those registered will get a link to the
  recording within 48 hours of the event. Not available to join live? You c
 an still enjoy the event if registered.\n \nABOUT THE FACILITATORS:\nRose
 merry Wahtola Trommer is a poet\, teacher\, speaker and writing facilitato
 r who co-hosts Emerging Form\, a podcast on creative process. Her daily au
 dio series\, The Poetic Path\, is on the Ritual app. Her poems have appear
 ed on A Prairie Home Companion\, PBS News Hour\, O Magazine\, Washington P
 ost’s Book Club\, and Carnegie Hall stage. Her recent collections are Al
 l the Honey and The Unfolding. In 2024\, she became poet laureate for Ever
 more\, helping others explore grief and love through poetry. Since 2006\, 
 she’s written a poem a day\, sharing them on her blog\, A Hundred Fallin
 g Veils. One-word mantra: Adjust.\nKen Medema has been writing and perform
 ing his own songs since 1970 when he began composing original material for
  his work as a music therapist in a psychiatric hospital. He is now involv
 ed in a full-time performance schedule that has taken him all over North A
 merica\, Australia\, Africa and Europe\, singing in every venue imaginable
  for 50 – 50\,000 people\, from churches to conventions to colleges to c
 orporations. Using his gift of improvisation\, Ken hears with his heart\, 
 stories from people or themes from events or speeches and sings the storie
 s back to audiences of all ages. His music is earthy and direct\, full of 
 stories and humor. It uses musical styles from classical to rock\, from ba
 llad to blues\, from sacred to profane\, always searching for ways people 
 can connect to each other\, enabling them to sense the sacred within thems
 elves and in surprising places. Blind from birth\, Ken understands the imp
 ortance of inclusivity and sensitively seeks to challenge his listeners to
  dream and work for a world of justice and peace. At home in San Francisco
  with his wife Jane\, they spend their time reading books\, watching movie
 s (yes\, Ken is an avid movie goer) and delighting in their grandchildren.
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