Here are the Spring 2014 workshops

Making and Breaking Patterns with April
A discussion group centered around noticing patterns and habits in our lives, and working to create new patterns and/or change existing ones (with a bit of group support to help you along). Drawing and doodling patterns during the discussion is strongly encouraged.

 

Spring to the MOON! with Will
No longer known as ‘An Explosively Good Time.’
Also no longer known as ‘Fun with Flying Phalluses’
Also no longer known as ‘The Rickety Rocket Racket’ 
Come learn the fundamentals of model rocketry, hands-on, with your host: Will! Rockets will be entirely scratch-built from as many reclaimed materials as possible: paper towel and wrapping paper tubes, plastic and paper nose cones, parachutes out of crappy shower curtains. It’s not quite upcycling, but it beats shelling out $20-30 for a rocket kit! Motors and launch equipment provided by your workshop leader along with a ton of supplies.
Remember always, however, that this is Spring. Anyone can make a rocket. You are encouraged to make yours fabulous. To this end we will be working extensively in the Art Barn. All Rockets will need to pass a basic safety inspection before being considered for flight.

 

A MARVEL-ous Superhero Role Playing Game with Coran
Have you ever wanted to fight along side the forces of good? Fly through the sky with Superman. Swing through a city with Spiderman. Beat up villains with your brains and brawl with Wonder Woman. Or… talk to fish with Aquaman? Well, you can’t because I don’t want to get sued. But, you can still play superheroes if you want. You could have a telekinetic speedster, or an animal controller brick of a bloke. Who you get is up to the die; how you play… well that’s all on you.

 

DIT Fit – Do it Together Fitness for a DIY Conference with Denise
This workshop is a chance to play and make extra endorphins to enhance your week. Its always easier with a buddy…or ten. As a group (DIT!) we will choose from a variety of body moving, sometimes blood pumping activities to suite our mood and the weather that graces our little slice of heaven that is Glenbrook. Options to choose from include but are not limited to: taking a run through the pastoral neighborhood, tetherball championships, dance class in the barn, playing outside in the rain (obligatory hot cocoa and lounging afterward), swimming, locating and occupying climbable trees, acroyoga in the field, playing kickball, and frisbee. Creativity and endurance is encouraged, along with generous victory cool downs where we lie in the grass. Additionally, if you are wanting to try your hand at teaching a yoga class, sharing your acro skillz, or becoming a drill sergeant to a troop of running free spirits, then this may be the morning workshop for you. Don’t be intimidated, without stillness there is no movement, and there will be plenty of both.

 

The Person & The Poet: A Poetry Workshop with Seb
In this workshop we will engage in a critical study of contemporary poets such as Louise Gluck, Anne Carson, and John Berryman and we will also create a space for us to write and workshop each other’s work. We will do a lot of reading, writing, and sharing.

 

Using Spring As A Jumping Off Point To Create The World You Want with Lydia
This workshop will be a space for us to muse over what makes Spring what it is. We will discuss the world-changing implications of creating this kind of community and ways we might apply our experiences here towards transforming society. In this workshop we will look at the inspiring, the practical, the social, the political, the liberating, the far-fetched, the personal, the challenging, and the pragmatic. As we consider the world-changing implications of our own experiences in community we will also look at what we can learn from other movements and groups. Let’s share our dreams and make big things happen!

 

Be-in with Bryce
Bryce has no idea what he wants to do. He has a vague inkling that it’ll be outside and maybe involve a game or building something… Or both. So if you are similarly indecisive come join him and whoever else shows up that day and figure out something to do.

 

 
If the workshop you want isn’t listed, this is a DIY conference, so email Jake and tell him about the workshop you want to run!

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