Conferences, Festivals, Events
Placed here in the order that we received the announcement. To have your gathering listed in Coreopsis Journal, please send a one-paragraph description, with publication and purchasing data included, to [email protected], with subject line: “Conferences & Festivals.” Auditions, festivals, fairs conferences, performances, seminars, workshops, gallery openings, and retreats are all welcomed in Coreopsis Journal.
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The Society for Ritual Arts plans to hold its semi-annual Awards Gathering in the summer of 2022, in Santa Rosa, CA, in a lovely garden setting. The planning committee will form after the mid-winter holidays. To support this event or to volunteer, write to [email protected].
Yachats Celtic Music Festival
The Polly Plumb Productions Board of Directors sadly announces the 2021 Yachats Celtic Music Festival has been canceled due to issues related to COVID-19.
We plan on continuing the festival in 2022, with Altan as the headliner. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank everyone for your support and understanding.
Ticket purchasers, please follow Brown Paper Tickets procedures for a full refund of your ticket costs.
Our mailing address is:
Yachats Celtic Music Festival
PO Box 128
Yachats, OR 97498
THE 42 ANNUAL RECLAIMING SPIRAL DANCE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH FROM 1:00 TO 3:30 PM PACIFIC TIME ZONE
Donation-based Tickets are Now Available!
PURCHASE TICKETS
The ritual will be available through a Reclaiming YouTube channel for easy streaming, even for people with standard or slow connectivity. Instructions and links will be shared upon registration through Eventbrite.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/34454323740
Mystical Celtic Heart presents Festival of the Souls.
Sure to be the largest and first of its kind festival in Elk Grove, California! Happening Saturday, October 30th at Mystical Celtic Heart located at 9031 Elk Grove Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95624.
FREE ADMISSION and all ages are welcome to attend!
Come celebrate All Hallows’ Eve, Dia de Muertos and The Wheel of the Year with Food, Entertainment, Music, Activities and MORE! Remembering and honoring the departed souls, celebrating Samhain (pronounced “sow-en”), The Witches’ New Year (Halloween), and the eight annual Sabbats that make up the Wheel of the Year which include Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, and Fall Equinox.
For more information visit the event website at www.festivalofthesouls.com
Christmas Revels
DID YOU MISS AUDITIONS FOR THIS YEAR’S CHRISTMAS REVELS?
https://www.californiarevels.org/
California Christmas Revels, Oakland. CA
If so, contact Michele Sullivan at [email protected] and let her know you’re interested!
EXPERIENCE THE CHRISTMAS REVELS We are also a part of a national family of reveling cities. In this short video produced by the Cambridge Revels you can get a sense of the range of performances and community building that Revels has engaged in over the past three decades. Enjoy a small taste of what Revels is and does, all across the nation. https://youtu.be/UPPqGa1s7pc
2021 — OUR 36TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS REVELS
https://www.californiarevels.org/the-show.html
This year California Revels dives into the Age of Sail, blending 19th Century London with the African American Gullah tradition and Caribbean folklore in an odyssey across the Atlantic. From sea chanties, mermaids, and Christmas carols to Jonkonnu and Papa Bois, we’ll celebrate the Winter Solstice through the eyes of Joseph Johnson, a man who lived his life in all these traditions.
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We are planning a “hybrid” show, welcoming the Solstice both live on stage and streaming to Revelers wherever they may be. COVID safety protocols will be in place for all performances. For questions, please contact Production Manager, Michele Sullivan:
Live Performances: Will be held in the sanctuary at First Congregational Church of Oakland, located at 2501 Harrison Street, at the corner of 27th Street. Please note performance dates, times, and COVID-19 safety requirements are subject to change pending the ever-changing landscape of COVID-19. COVID protocols will be in place at this event. Please check back on or after the Fall Equinox, September 22, for more information.
On-demand Streaming: Revel wherever you may be with our streaming option. More details still to come.
From Yeye Luisah Teish:
Alafia Kindred Spirit:
The best of health and safety to you.
As we move into the fall season with its challenges and opportunities, it’s important to stay connected, to support each other, and to keep growing.
There are several exciting events coming up this season and I would like you to know about them.
Check them out, mark your calendars, and spread the word in your community. You will be inspired by the many wonderful things available to take us through the season.
I hope you will join me at some of them. Thank you for your work in the world.
– Yeye Teish
September 28-December 14, 2021: The Call of the Wild Feminine. www.wildfeminine.com
October 2- November 13, 2021: Cracking the Ancestral Code.
https://www.yeyeluisahteish.com/cracking-the-ancestral-code.html
October 17, 2021: Words Across the Water.
October 31-Nov. 8, 2021: Ancestral Souls Rising Festival.
December 11, 2021: Dreaming the Deep.
December 12, 2021: Spinning the Moon Master Class.
The Bright Way Creative Reset
For the first time, The Bright Way System is now being offered as an interactive course so that you can get real-time guidance and support on your way to manifesting your creativity!
A program for freeing your creative flow via a gentle, proven process for gaining inspiration and taking action
Unlock Your FLOW for Ever-Burning Motivation & Inspiration, Discover the Unique Creative Voice Hidden Inside You, And Gain the Confidence to Share Your Unique Creative Genius With Those Who Matter Most
Enroll in this brand-new 6-week experience for artistic creatives from all walks of life who want to reset from blocked to flowing with their unique brand of creative genius easily, predictably, and fully. Registration for this special experience ends 7th October 2021
Bonus Gift while supplies last: your own personally signed copy of The Bright Way book
Mythcon 52
http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-52.htm
The Mythic, the Fantastic, and the Alien
Albuquerque, New Mexico
July 29 – August 1, 2022
“Mythcon 52’s theme provides multiple opportunities to explore the Other in fantasy and mythopoeic literature. Tolkien spoke in “On Fairy-stories” of “the desire to visit, free as a fish, the deep sea; or the longing for the noiseless, gracious, economical flight of a bird.” We invite discussion about the types of fantasy that are more likely to put us into contact with the alien, such as time portal fantasy and space travel fantasy. In addition to Inklings, some writers who deal particularly well with the truly alien who might be explored include Lovecraft, Gaiman, Le Guin, Tepper, and others. Other topics that might be fruitfully explored are: depictions of the alien Other in film and television (Contact, Arrival, HBO’s Watchmen, etc.); developing constructed languages that are truly different from those of Earth-based humans; fantastical Others in indigenous myths (such as Coyote and Spider Woman from Native American mythology); and American folklore about the alien (flying saucers, alien abduction, Area 51, Roswell).”
2022 PCA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
APRIL 13-16, 2022
SEATTLE, WA
https://pcaaca.org/conference/2022
COVID-19 PLANNING AND RESPONSE UPDATES
The Popular Culture Association is monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely. At this point, we are proceeding with plans for our 2022 conference to be held, as scheduled, in Seattle. In the event that the conference is moved into a virtual setting, postponed, or cancelled, we will notify members as soon as possible. Please check the website or follow PCA on Twitter or Facebook for the latest information.
Performance, Religion, and Spirituality
The next IFTR conference will be in Reykjavík, Iceland, 20 June to 24 June 2022. More updates will be available soon.
Conference Co-Chairs:
Magnús Þór Þorbergsson; Sigríður Lára Sigurjónsdóttir
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iftrcomms
