Instructor:  Kaitlyn Whitebread Nominated for several Academy Awards including a win for Olivia Colman for Best Actress, The Favourite is a unique “tragicomedy” set in 18th century England during Queen Anne’s reign. We meet Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz, nominated for Best Supporting Actress), a childhood friend and long-time advisor of Queen Anne. We are also (more…)

CEUs: 3 Instructor: Rodger Kamenetz *Workshop not eligible for volunteer benefits. Both dreams and poems arise in primary imagination but the question remains, how can dreams be used in poems? Rodger’s approach avoids the pitfall of writing dreams as poems, which rarely works. Instead he will show how you can write new poems from the (more…)

Instructor:  Irv Siegel Join us for this Oscar-winning drama depicting the true story about the developing relationship between a famous African-American jazz pianist, Dr. Don Shirley, (played by Mahershala Ali) and his Italian-American driver, Tony Lip, (played by Viggo Mortensen) as they navigate a concert tour in the Deep South during the early 1960’s. The (more…)

Instructor:  Karol Weigelt This documentary, told by Tim Wade, is the story of triplets, separated at birth, who re-connect  as they head into adulthood. This films explores the question of nature vs. nurture and follows the development of masculine identity through life’s complexes in each triplet. The emotional roller coaster of the film, and it’s unfolding (more…)

CEUs: 8 Instructor: Mary Theis *This group meets on March 21, April 25, May 23, and June 20. Enrollment limited to 12 participants. We tend to think of individuation as some grand, dramatic accomplishment.  But really, it is something we all are called to do on a daily basis.  We have a choice about whether (more…)

Instructor:  Karol Weigelt Join us for the showing of “Lady Bird,” a coming of age comedy/drama that takes on themes of individuality, adolescence, and the transitions into adulthood and parenthood. The maze of connections one makes to family, friends, authority and self are the framework of the film. Following the movie, Spiritual Director and Therapist (more…)

CEUs: 5 Instructor: Karol Weigelt Dreams and dreamwork are valuable to the understanding of our lives.  Dreams have played a part in most sacred and spiritual traditions.  Those traditions, ancient through contemporary, have taught that dreams provide inspiration, healing, guidance and connection to our unconscious.  Tapping into that wise world of personal symbol, myth, and (more…)

CEUs: 2 Instructor: Charles Small While most individuals are familiar with how exposure to traumatic events can lead to long-term emotional and mental health problems (such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression), they might be less familiar with the concept of Moral Injury.  Morally injurious events are those which an individual participates in, witnesses, experiences, or (more…)

CEUs: 3 Instructor: Nina Corwin There’s an extensive body of poetry that makes creative use of myth and breathes new life into archetypal figures. This work offers ways to engage with aspects of ourselves through metaphor, image and emotion. Such poems can speak on multiple levels, allowing us to personalize, explore and develop a more (more…)