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June 2018
Come of Age: Author Reading and Reportage ~ Point Reyes Station, Cali
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW WEEKEND: Friday, June 22nd (7-9pm) followed by a daylong talk on Saturday June 23rd Venue: Presbyterian Community Church, Point Reyes, Cali Host: Black Mountain Circle ticket link FB event The sages seem to be departing. Elections enthrone Change, that’s all. The tribal lines deepen. And there's the weather, and the waters. The appearance of it all is this:…
Find out more »Come of Age: Reading & Reportage ~ San Luis Obispo, Calif
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW Tuesday, June 26th (7-9pm) Host Kris Kington-Barker: kriskington@hospiceslo.org Ticket link now 'Live' Venue: The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Consider attending the teaching June 22nd & 23rd in Point Reyes Station, hosted by Black Mountain Circle (event link) The sages seem to be departing. Elections enthrone Change, that’s all. The tribal lines deepen. And there's the…
Find out more »Come of Age: Author Reading and Reportage ~ Vancouver, BC
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW VANCOUVER TALK SOLD OUT Consider attending talk in Victoria and/or Duncan - details below: Thursday, June 28th (7:30 - 9pm) Venue: Banyen Books & Sound, Vancouver, BC VICTORIA TALK: Friday, June 29th (7 – 9pm) Venue: Dave Dunnet Community Theatre at Oak Bay High, 2121 Cadboro Bay Road, Victoria, BC, Canada Click here for in person tickets. Click here for…
Find out more »Come of Age: Author Reading and Reportage ~ Victoria, BC
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW Friday, June 29th (7 - 9pm) Venue: Dave Dunnet Community Theatre at Oak Bay High, 2121 Cadboro Bay Road, Victoria, BC, Canada Click here for in person tickets. Click here for global livestream tickets. Consider attending Stephen's day long teaching on Saturday, June 30th (10-4pm) hosted by O.U.REcoVillage, Duncan, BC The sages seem to be departing. Elections enthrone Change, that’s…
Find out more »Come of Age: Author Reading and Reportage ~ Duncan, BC
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW Saturday, June 30th (10-4pm) hosted by O.U.R. EcoVillage, Duncan, BC TICKETS HERE!: registration link Consider attending the evening book reading/ talk on Friday, June 29th 7pm - 9pm in Victoria, BC (or join livestream option) Venue: Dave Dunnet Community Theatre at Oak Bay High, 2121 Cadboro Bay Road Click here for in person tickets. Click here for global livestream…
Find out more »July 2018
Come of Age – The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble ~ ON
"Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW July 5-8, 2018 at Orphan Wisdom, Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada Please serious applicants only. orphanwisdom.com/contact (Start time 7pm Thursday, 2 sessions on Friday and Saturday, closes at noon on Sunday - includes meals Fri/Sat & breakfast on Sun, not accommodations) The sages seem to be departing. Elections enthrone Change, that’s all. The tribal lines deepen. And there's the weather, and the waters. The appearance of it all is…
Find out more »Come of Age: Author Reading and Reportage ~ Toronto, ON
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW Sunday, July 22nd (7-9pm) Venue: Octopus Garden Holistic Yoga Centre, 967 College Street, Toronto, ON, M6H 1A6 host & ticket details coming soon The sages seem to be departing. Elections enthrone Change, that’s all. The tribal lines deepen. And there's the weather, and the waters. The appearance of it all is this: We’d rather be defeated than persuaded. Perhaps…
Find out more »Orphan Wisdom School ~ People of the Big Tent: 2018 Summer
Tuesday July 24 - Sunday July 29, 2018 - followed by DINNER & CONCERT BY IAN TAMBLYN on Sunday, July 29th - ticket purchase link PEOPLE OF THE BIG TENT Graduate Scholars Only Old Woman's People met Old Man's People who met River's People who met Red Sand White Sand People who met People of Silver & Salt who merged with People of the Western Tent who met People of Mountain Longing who met People Gathered by the Storm and whom…
Find out more »Orphan Wisdom presents Ian Tamblyn
TICKET LINK Sunday, July 29th, 2018 Concert & Farm Dinner $40 (6pm dinner - seating at 5:30pm, concert at 7pm) or Concert Only $20 (register at 6:15pm/ latest by 6:45pm) Host Contact: Orphan Wisdom Facebook link coming soon IAN TAMBLYN - MUSICIAN/ ADVENTURER/ PLAYWRIGHT - Since 1972 Ian has released 38 albums and has acted as producer for dozens of artists. Ian says he has written too many songs over the years and has given up on counting them. He has also…
Find out more »August 2018
Orphan Wisdom Apprenticeship
August 5-12, 2018 at Orphan Wisdom, Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada Apprenticeship went the way of old courtesy in most working environments long ago. But apprenticeship is an old courtesy. It was there in the Mystery Schools, in the guild halls, in any place people were willing to marry discipline to the desire for understanding, to sire purposeful lives, and achieved and contemplative lives that were indivisible from their daily lives. Discipline: The uncommon rigour of thought and act that you take upon yourself,…
Find out more »Come of Age: Author Reading and Reportage ~ Toronto, ON
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW Saturday, August 18th (7-9pm) Venue: Institute of Traditional Medicine, Queen Street West, Toronto ticket details coming soon The sages seem to be departing. Elections enthrone Change, that’s all. The tribal lines deepen. And there's the weather, and the waters. The appearance of it all is this: We’d rather be defeated than persuaded. Perhaps we will be.…
Find out more »Come of Age: Author Reading and Reportage ~ Calgary, AB
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW Wednesday, August 22nd (7-9pm) Yoga and Meditation Centre of Calgary, 2028b 33rd Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2T 1Z4 Host: Jodi Hope-Johnstone ticket details coming soon The sages seem to be departing. Elections enthrone Change, that’s all. The tribal lines deepen. And there's the weather, and the waters. The appearance of it all is this: We’d rather be defeated…
Find out more »Come of Age: Author Reading and Reportage~ Hollyhock Cortes Island, BC
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW The sages seem to be departing. Elections enthrone Change, that’s all. The tribal lines deepen. And there's the weather, and the waters. The appearance of it all is this: We’d rather be defeated than persuaded. Perhaps we will be. In a time like this, contemplation tethered to the troubled world is courageous. Contemplative sorrow: that’s the kind…
Find out more »September 2018
Orphan Wisdom School ~ People Come Through Rain and Rune – 4/4
SESSION 4 of 4: September 12th - 16th, 2018 Orphan Wisdom presents A Night of Grief & Mystery ~ STEPHEN JENKINSON + GREGORY HOSKINS + BAND Concert & Farm Dinner Sunday September 16th, 2018 (6pm dinner, seating at 5:30pm/ concert start 7pm) Find out more » I would not have guessed it, years ago, but the longer the Orphan Wisdom School is up and running the more that people with undiagnosed, undisclosed and indefensible proneness to learning unwelcome things about what they know,…
Find out more »October 2018
Orphan Wisdom School ~ People by the Times Begotten 4/4
Closed Class Scholars of this class of the Orphan Wisdom School gather for their sessions in Ontario, Canada. SESSION 1 of 4: June 7th - 11th, 2017 SESSION 2 of 4: October 25th - 29th, 2017 SESSION 3 of 4: June 13 - 17th, 2018 SESSION 4 of 4: October 3rd - 7th, 2018 I would not have guessed it, years ago, but the longer the Orphan Wisdom School is up and running the more that people with undiagnosed, undisclosed and indefensible…
Find out more »2018 Nights of Grief & Mystery Tour: Calgary, AB
They are nights in which love letters to life are written and read. There’s some boldness in them. They have that tone. These nights have the mark of our time upon them, and they’ve become timely, urgent, alert, steeped in mortal mystery, quixotic, with some swagger. What would you call such a thing? Nights of Grief & Mystery. Part poetry, part lamentation, part book reading, part ribaldry, part concert, part lifting the mortal veil and learning the mysteries there...that’s what’s…
Find out more »2018 Nights of Grief & Mystery Tour: Vancouver, BC
They are nights in which love letters to life are written and read. There’s some boldness in them. They have that tone. These nights have the mark of our time upon them, and they’ve become timely, urgent, alert, steeped in mortal mystery, quixotic, with some swagger. What would you call such a thing? Nights of Grief & Mystery. Part poetry, part lamentation, part book reading, part ribaldry, part concert, part lifting the mortal veil and learning the mysteries there...that’s what’s…
Find out more »Come of Age: Author Reading and Reportage ~ Vancouver, BC
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble "Getting older is inevitable, becoming an elder is a skill. " Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW Sunday, October 14th (10am-4pm) Host: Banyen Books & Sound, Vancouver, BC Tickets coming soon The sages seem to be departing. Elections enthrone Change, that’s all. The tribal lines deepen. And there's the weather, and the waters. The appearance of it all is this: We’d rather be defeated than persuaded. Perhaps we will be. In a time…
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