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Sign up for this fun vocal class. learn and practice breathing exercises to strengthen your voice and vocal exercises to improve your pitch. This class is hosted by industry Vocal Coach , Eve Soto. 1pm Saturdays eastern Standard time You can continue your vocal training for only $45 a month

**This event is hosted on the Shut Up & Write website, so please [sign up here](https://shutupwrite.com/series/mar-14-2023-3-00pm-with-anne/2262) for your hour of focused writing.** **ABOUT THE EVENT** Join Anne from HQ for an hour of writing from the comfort of your own home! All writers and all experience levels are welcome, and don’t worry, no one will see what you've written. This hour is about getting your writing done, and having fun while doing it! WHAT TO EXPECT We’ll give 5 minutes in the beginning for people to settle in and share what they’re working on, then have 50 minutes of focused writing before we give people a chance to talk about what they accomplished. Stick around and chat for a bit, or feel free to head out. WHAT DO I NEED? A computer with a working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones. WHAT DO I NEED? A computer with a working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones.

Sign up for this fun vocal class. learn and practice the basics of singing in harmony. This class will start you with ear training and help you understand what harmony is and how to practice. This class is hosted by industry Vocal Coach , Eve Soto. 7:15pm Tuesdays eastern Standard time You can continue your vocal training for only $45 a month

**This event is hosted on the Shut Up & Write website, so please [sign up here](https://shutupwrite.com/series/shut-up-write-online-with-megan-preston-meyer/4599) for your hour of focused writing.** **ABOUT THE EVENT** Join us for an hour of writing from the comfort of your own home. All writers and all experience levels are welcome and don’t worry, no one will see what you've written. This hour is about getting your writing done. WHAT TO EXPECT We’ll give 5 minutes in the beginning for people to settle in and share what they’re working on, then have 50 minutes of focused writing before we give people a chance to talk about what they accomplished. Stick around and chat for a bit, or feel free to head out. WHAT DO I NEED? A computer with a working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones.

Join Anne from Shut Up & Write HQ for an hour of writing from the comfort of your own home. This is going to be a fun, peaceful hour of writing! All writers and all experience levels are welcome and don’t worry, no one will see what you've written. This hour is about getting your writing done. WHAT TO EXPECT We’ll spend 5-10 minutes letting people settle in and share what they’re working on, then have an hour of focused writing before we stop and talk about what we've accomplished in the session. Then, stick around and chat for a bit, or feel free to head out. WHAT DO I NEED? A computer with a working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones. Looking forward to seeing you there!

This group is for anyone interested in writing in English, whether it be prose or poetry or non-fiction. We get together once a week to listen, critique and support each other in our work. Attendees bring something they have written, which they read aloud. They then receive feedback from the rest of the group. The size of the group is limited to 4, so that everyone is able to receive a full 30 minutes of constructive feedback including reading time. We are an anglophone group and everything is conducted in English, in fact not everyone who comes can speak French. Please bear this in mind if you sign up.

You are warmly invited to join us in these ancient and health promoting breathing and slow moving exercises. Cultivate mental focus, relax and expand your breath, build leg strength and balance, coordinate your movement with awareness of your feeling state, circulate your vital energy. Beginners: learn qi gong for the first time. Seasoned practitioners: further cultivate, share and refine your energy. This wonderful class is a community wellness offering from my Acupuncture office. It is my joy to share this fun, health building practice with you. Who: Anyone interested in practicing moving meditation, No prior experience required. Anyone can learn. When: Tuesdays 8am ~ 1 hr (temporarily meeting at 7:45am) Where: Zoom and in person at Bill Botts Park after quarantine is lifted. Zoom Registration Info: Step 1) go to this link to sign up and register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vpcocOCsqTwtwuL7ldcH1qJfBi69bQ3ZRQ Step 2) Once registered Zoom will send you a link to be able to join the class- this is what you then use to link to our Tuesday 8am qi gong class. (Meeting ID: 335-794-777) (Password: 812389) Notes: You will need a simple space for standing practices- you should be able to freely move your arms and legs. Via Zoom only if RAINING, no outdoors group class with rain. PAYMENT: This class is currently donation basis only to offset meet up and organizational costs. ~ please do not let lack of funds deter you from participating. If you wish to make a donation for your class you can find me at: Venmo: Star-Star Paypal: starurmston@mac.com PRE-REQUISITES: must be able to stand for 1 hour, no other coursework is required CAUTIONS: This class is for fun, health building purposes. Please always listen to your own body- and respect any injuries, limitations, or pain signals you have. Instructions given are guidelines only. please ask for help if you have pain or injuries, and need modifications. When in doubt for your own body, go with the spirit of the exercise: which is to awaken, circulate your aliveness and breathe..... you cannot harm yourself breathing, so please exercise common sense and adapt exercises for your own body and unique needs that day. We cannot be liable for any instructions or recommendations given or injuries sustained. Keep in mind you are participating freely and this class is to simply share in fun morning awakening. MeetUp Group Background: I am a Culver City local, acupuncturist and owner of Gentle Way Acupuncture, Star Urmston LAc. I have a deep love for the sweetness of the Culver City Area, as well as the ancient art of qi gong.... so why not combine the two? Ever heard of Tai Qi? Well, Qi Gong is very similar. It is breathing and moving practice rooted in the ancient wisdom of the Martial Arts and Taoist - Chinese Medicine. It is a way of refining and cultivating oneself and, most of all, enjoying the incredible beauty of the present moment. The purpose of this group is to share basic qi gong exercises in a natural setting, as is traditional. You are invited to gather with us in the park and enjoy waking up and cultivating your energy. I will provide qi gong instruction in a playful, free form way to connect to the energy within and all around us. I will also give traditionally rooted instruction in the wonderful and foundational qi gong practice called "The Ten Pieces of Silk," and advanced Meridian Cleanse Exercises. This is a superb daily practice for working with basic health promoting breathing and moving exercises. Hope to see you here : ). Warmly, -Star Urmston LAc

https://youtu.be/o0J0dhpjt4k https://youtu.be/_Q24CEKgVqg https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib270547 _______ Sad and not old? Sonia's Song, by Sonia Korn-Grimani 2022 10 03 I first met Mis. Korn-Grimani in 2017, Jan. 5. (or at least for that Italian holiday) when she was still actively promoting her memoir about the 1931 - 1945 Nazi SS freely killing and robbing era. (like what the Chinese Red Guard was doing, or the current "taboo" phenomena in USA ). I might have gone through the book the first time in 2018 (or 2017), shortly after she asked me to attend her talk. Anyway, Since I started to learn using TextQuitling to do READING in FOREIGN LANGUAGES (YES, ENGLISH INCLUDED) Also, I'd like to introduce my 84 years old mother to read something not as scientific dense materials, such as Robert Saplosky's Why Zebra don't Get Ulcers. Thus I decided to pick Sonia Korn-Grimani's project (She was receiving invitation from US s Holocaust Memorial Museum to put down her life stories in English, while she has wrote her memoir in German in 2009) Anyway, While reading, I do realize that her story was in the same category of Anne Frank's diary.) I am not sure if this is an OLD STORY, while, hey, Bible is still the most popular book in print after thousands of years. Not only so, BUT IT IS VERY BRUTALLY TRUE that THERE ARE MANY MANY WAR ORPHANs in Ukraine, EVERYDAY, while the WAR murder cases are still ongoing. I'm just kind of sad, Whatever Sonia Korn-Grimani had wished when she wrote down her life stories, the blessing did not last. Dr. Korn-Grimani was able to write in a "clear", "non-emotional" tone at her 78 years old time. In case you want to have an opportunity to ask yourself: "IF SIMILAR THINGS happen to my immediate environment, Would I be able NOT TO ACT CRUEL? Would I be able to rise the gun ONE INCH HIGHER?" Then, Maybe this similar to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" can provide you a "time travel" to her time, and her location.. the "oppressive" living condition. Surely, as usual, I'm on the quest to "SEEK" "friends", who are in the same path of studying "foreign languages", English included. Dio ti benedica, Da Chiesa di Vissi D'Arte [https://youtu.be/o0J0dhpjt4k](https://youtu.be/o0J0dhpjt4k) [https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib270547](https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib270547) [https://youtu.be/_Q24CEKgVqg](https://youtu.be/_Q24CEKgVqg) [https://holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/next-chapter-2017-sonia/](https://holocaustcenter.jfcs.org/next-chapter-2017-sonia/) https://youtu.be/_Q24CEKgVqg

https://youtu.be/CMjwDro72V4 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fAvjca_s-rfHlnlUfpKwkpj7OHDn17Xc?usp=sharing This is how I learned my English (and my Traditional Chinese). I'm using the same method to learn Italian / French / German. Welcome to join in, if you want to learn a language for good. (I mean, RETAIN the information after TIME SPENT) Dio ti benedica, Da Chiesa di Vissi D'Arte

Join the Zoom Meeting, woo! We have 6-14 members in Zoom who don't post to meetup, and that's ok, but if you do want to, it's totally fine. You will be notified and everything!

[https://youtu.be/FwAOl8scoJY](https://youtu.be/FwAOl8scoJY) V. 2022 09 27 I attended 2018 CCSF Fledenkrais course with a VERY VERY SWEET instructor, Through her introduction, I learned there was a person called Moshe Fledenkrais. I'd like to learn more about Moshe Fledenkrais, thus I started to do TextQuilting with his biography, The title was A Life In Movement, Moshe Feldenkrais, I'm on chapter 5 now, total is 8 chapters, I just REREAD AGAIN yesterday, then I realized that he passed away in 1984, yet this book was FIRST PUBLISHED in 2015, 2015!!!! 31 years AFTER HE PASSED AWAY, The book was mostly written by Mark Reese, Moshe Feldenkrais's student he encountered in 1975, when Moshe came to set up an USA branch in San Francisco. Mark Reese is a San Franciscan. However, the book was published through an intensive editing work by Mark Reese's 2nd wife and his high school classmate that they had endured a 35+ years friendship. because Mark Reese died at his 50's, not long after he started to do the writing job. Thus I was totally shocked, (in an amazed and in awe way) learned that this book was completed by TONS of LOVE, CARE and DEDICATION, the unrelenting DETERMINATION to make the quasi 600 pages of words in print. Since I'm not really an English reader, for that I immigrated to USA when I was well over 30 years old, when I arrived, I barely spoke a word in English other than YES and NO. thus I progress slowly, Do you think you'd be happy to STUDY together, help me and learn from each other for the Feldenkrais Method? Certainly, the ULTIMATE GOAL is how to apply the physical movements into daily movements, so that we (at least I), can feel NOT SO FRAGILE at every single foot step as how I lead my current life now. In another word, BECOMING OLD and OLDER with GRACE. Dio ti benedica, Da Chiesa di Vissi D'Arte PS: due to personal injury, I mainly stay on emails or park paths in McLaren Park, rather than phone chatting.

Hi everyone! Let's do some knitting and chatting online! I hope everyone's doing okay during these crazy times.

12:45-3:45 p.m. in the Meeting Room, library lowest level, by the drinking fountain. Bring your yarn projects, meet new friends. If you plan to attend, please RSVP yes. If you can’t attend, please change your RSVP to no. This helps anyone who is waitlisted and it allows me to have an accurate count of attendees as our space is quite limited. Plenty of parking in the lot, in the overflow lot across the street, and on the street. See you there!

Our Sewing & Crafting Activity Group is gathering to connect, serve, and create together in a Christ-centered environment. Whether you’re experienced or brand new, all skill levels are welcome. No supplies needed, but sewing machines are appreciated if you’re comfortable bringing one. Join us January 20th, February 17th & 24th, March 17th & 24th, and April 21st from 1–6 PM in the Youth Building at Village Chapel as we begin with prayer, enjoy fellowship, and work on meaningful service projects together. You are welcome to drop by anytime!

Pay attention! We’re delaying a week for those of you who may be on Spring break and/or celebrating the holiday. Ok, no pancakes, but waffles-a-plenty. Join the local UX and Digital Design community for a casual monthly breakfast. Look for us upstairs!

**We are expanding our creative programming opportunities with Queer Quills, a quiet writing and sharing space. Queer Quills features some prompts, supplies and friendly faces to help get some inspiration or feedback for your writing. Hope to see you there!**

AI is changing how art is made. But when does it stop being your work and start being the machine’s? This month we're going to be doing a panel with with digital image, music, and written word artists, talking about at what point, while using AI in the creation process, does the work become not the artist creation? We encourage audience participation during this event that will be moderated by Chris Slee. Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.transformlabs.com/services)

In April WQC's Creativity Circle will be making beaded bracelets and keychains! All supplies provided, open to all, bring yourself (and a friend or two) for when you are able to make it in the two hour window. Note: Seats are Limited to the provided space at the Westerville Public Library in Meeting Room D.