Events

Join us for Queer Poetry Night on Sunday, October 30th 7-8:30 pm
Hosted by Moudi Sbeity
Live at Under the Umbrella Bookstore, 511 W. 200 S. #120 Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(Bookstore doors open at 6:30 pm for buying and browsing!)
Everyone is Welcome (Ages 16+) Masks required, but can be removed for reading.
Registration is free and open until Sunday at 5pm.
American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters: Drake Heap and Sophia Burke
Bring your unabashed self just to listen and/or bring a poem to share. 

"We gather to bear witness to her beauty.
We gather to grow our tenderness towards brine shrimp,
microbialites, and winged citizens of the air.
We gather to carry each other through spells of despair.
We gather to revere all that is vital and alive." 

-Nan Seymour

Invitation from Lara: "My walks are geared towards those who seek to become more familiar with the Lake and Antelope Island, and aim to connect participants with a deeper sense of place in the larger frame of the watershed, culture and ecology of this unique ecosystem. We'll talk about the island and lakes' marvelous cast of characters spanning from brine shrimp to bison. We will also touch on some of the big picture issues and potential solutions our beloved and imperiled water body is currently facing."

Lara is a naturalist and watershed educator with Wasatch Mountain Institute  and believes deeply in the power of connection to place as a catalyst for healing both self and community. 

Walks are limited to 12 participants.

Free with registration. State park entrance fee of $15 still applies.Meeting at Lakeside Loop Trailhead at White Rocks Campground at 11am.Bring layers, water & snacks and binoculars if you have them! We will finish up at the same location around 1pm. Dogs on leash are permitted

In praise, in prayer, in lament we will offer our voices to Great Salt Lake together. You are welcome if you love to sing or if you are terrified of singing with others. All voices are welcome! We will begin with some gentle movement practices and vocal and rhythm warm-up games to help free our uncontrived, authentic voices, and then we will create songs together. Weaving our voices in a tapestry of spontaneous, never been heard before harmonies and rhythms- listening and singing, grieving and praising. 

Carl Rabke is an embodiment mentor, somatic naturalist and a tender of soul and living culture. He believes we all have natural movement, vocal, and rhythmic intelligence, and he loves to hold a space of connection, play and learning for people to remember those capacities. Carl also co-hosts the the Embodiment Matters podcast with his beloved wife, Erin Geesaman Rabke.

Meeting at the Antelope Island State Park Visitor Center Amphitheater.
Event is free with registration.
$15 per vehicle entry fee for the park still applies.
Wear very warm clothes. (We recommend mittens instead of gloves + a hat)
Bring a blanket and a camp chair.

Celebrate the life of the lake by making art, drumming, and storytelling! 

• Puppet-making with Therese Berry
• Drumming with Nels of Drum Utah
• Record stories, songs, or poems in Harvey, the bus/recording studio from our friends at "Own It!"
  Come anytime between 12-3 pm
  At Island Buffalo Grill on Antelope Island, located on the west side of the island on Bridger Bay Beach.
  (We're using the restaurant's space, but please note that food will not be available for purchase.)
  All ages welcome, children 10 or under with adult supervision.
  Free with registration

Derek Kitchen, former City Council Member, former Utah State Senator, and lake-loving citizen, and poet Nan Seymour will host this gathering on Zoom to provide support for writing to lawmakers on behalf of Great Salt Lake. Done is better than perfect and we'll help you get it done. Let's flood the Utah State Legislature and Governor's office with love for the lake!

Please join us Monday, February 13th from 6:00-7:00pm MST on Zoom.

Invite your friends. Registration will close on Monday, 1/30 at 4:00pm MST. You'll receive a Zoom link an hour before our meeting.

Everyone Welcome!

"We gather to bear witness to her beauty.
We gather to grow our tenderness towards brine shrimp,
microbialites, and winged citizens of the air.
We gather to carry each other through spells of despair.
We gather to revere all that is vital and alive." 

-Nan Seymour

Invitation from Lara: "My walks are geared towards those who seek to become more familiar with the Lake and Antelope Island, and aim to connect participants with a deeper sense of place in the larger frame of the watershed, culture and ecology of this unique ecosystem. We'll talk about the island and lakes' marvelous cast of characters spanning from brine shrimp to bison. We will also touch on some of the big picture issues and potential solutions our beloved and imperiled water body is currently facing."

Lara is a naturalist and watershed educator with Wasatch Mountain Institute  and believes deeply in the power of connection to place as a catalyst for healing both self and community. 

Walks are limited to 12 participants.

Free with registration. State park entrance fee of $15 still applies.Meeting at Lakeside Loop Trailhead at White Rocks Campground at 11am.Bring layers, water & snacks and binoculars if you have them!We will finish up at the same location around 1pm. Dogs on leash are permitted

Part Two: Great Salt Lake - Inseparable from Ourselves

Darren Parry, former Chairman of the Northwest Band and the Shoshone Nation and poet Nan Seymour will hold a conversation about Rights of Nature for Great Salt Lake. Does the lake have inherent rights to live, flourish, and be restored? How can we repair the breach between humans and the rest of the living earth? How could humans repair our relationship with water overall? 

When: Saturday, February 18th, 2:00-4:00pm MST (Registration closes Friday, 2/18 9:00PM)

Where: Antelope Island State Park Visitor Center. Masks required. Darren will be teaching us a song for healing the water that he learned from his grandmother. Near the end of our conversation, we will go outside together to sing to the lake. Please wear warm clothes: hat, mittens, etc...

Free with registration. Please make an offering to restoration at Boa Ogai. 

Darren is the author of The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History. We highly recommend that participants read Darren’s book beforehand if possible to inform and enliven our conversations. 

Saturday, February 18th at 5-6:30 PM
We'll take in the beauty of the lake as we sing her praises! Come help us celebrate her life as we recognize her earth-given rights to live, flourish and to be restored.
Live at Antelope Island State Park Visitor's Center Amphitheater (outside to the West)
All ages welcome! Outside, please dress warmly. Mittens and hats recommended.
Free with Registration ( $15 State Park fee still applies)

Sunday, February 19th  7:30-8 am MST
All are welcome! Free with registration.
Register before 7pm on Saturday, February 18th in order to receive the zoom link Sunday morning. (If you have already registered for daily meditation, no need to register again. We'll be using the same link.)

We will be experiencing a form of guided meditation called Yoga Nidra which will use deep relaxation and layered awareness to help us break down barriers of subject and object and learn how to be with Great Salt Lake in a more expansive and inclusive way. 

Scott Moore is a senior teacher of yoga and mindfulness teaching classes, trainings, and retreats, in the US, Europe, and Asia whose teaching is infused with storytelling, myth, humor, to make the subject come alive and connect to the heart. He is the author of two books, Practical Yoga Nidra: A 10-Step Method to Reduce Stress, Improve Sleep, and Restore Your Spirit and 5-Minute Manifesting Journal: Focus Your Mind, Raise Your Vibration, and Turn Your Dreams Into Reality. Scott loves traveling, hanging with his family, playing and listening to jazz, and currently lives in Southern France.

"We gather to bear witness to her beauty.
We gather to grow our tenderness towards brine shrimp,
microbialites, and winged citizens of the air.
We gather to carry each other through spells of despair.
We gather to revere all that is vital and alive." 

-Nan Seymour

Invitation from Lara: "My walks are geared towards those who seek to become more familiar with the Lake and Antelope Island, and aim to connect participants with a deeper sense of place in the larger frame of the watershed, culture and ecology of this unique ecosystem. We'll talk about the island and lakes' marvelous cast of characters spanning from brine shrimp to bison. We will also touch on some of the big picture issues and potential solutions our beloved and imperiled water body is currently facing."

Lara is a naturalist and watershed educator with Wasatch Mountain Institute  and believes deeply in the power of connection to place as a catalyst for healing both self and community. 

Walks are limited to 12 participants.

Free with registration. State park entrance fee of $15 still applies. Meeting at Lakeside Loop Trailhead at White Rocks Campground at 11am.Bring layers, water & snacks and binoculars if you have them! We will finish up at the same location around 1pm. Dogs on leash are permitted