Events

15 Apr A Developmentalist’s Practice

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Join me on May 2 or May 7 depending on the time that's convenient for you. A developmentalist is a person with whom you can create new possibilities. In this half-day workshop, participants will explore three features of a developmentalist’s practice and how you might build ‘stages’ for development in your practice...

14 Apr Getting, Losing, Giving and Giving and Giiving

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Showing Up is a giving in itself. Looking forward to seeing you! ...

22 Sep Dear Developmentalist…Letters from the Doghouse

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I got a letter from a non-human! A dog! My dog, Dino! Katy Bee, Dino and I presented at the Association of AppliedTherapeutic Humor Roundup on September 19. We had fun and I hope you enjoy it. Listen here...

28 Aug Love in the Time of Corona

Posted at 16:58h in Culture, Events, Human Development, Performance Movement, Performing the World, Play, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

One day last week, while having some lunch of leftover mussels and pasta, I was looking through the Weekend Arts section of the NY Times (hard copy!) and saw a recommendation for a two hour show streaming over the weekend called “Love in the Time of Corona.” “That’s my title!” I...

26 Dec Brains and Politics

Posted at 23:04h in Culture, Events, Interviews, Overweight Brain, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

On Sunday, December 8th, I had the pleasure of speaking with 75 people from 17 states in the US. They called in to the monthly Politics for the People conversation hosted by Cathy Stewart, VP for National Development at indepependentvoting.org. It was a privilege to be Cathy's guest, to discuss...

19 Jun Thirteen New Emerging Leaders

Posted at 03:01h in Applied Theatre, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Human Development, Language, Learning Environments, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Theatre, Training/Classes 0 Comments

Back: Mayari Perez Arroyo , Mike Pickering, Bashiru Lasisi, Guillermo Terisotto, Francisco Estefogo, Laura Sonnino, Martha McCoy, Eva Brenner. Front: Andre Liberali, Mieke Lippstreu, Oscar Lozoya, Drazen Horvatic, Annie Rose Stathes. This past Saturday (June 15, 2019) the happy group pictured above graduated as the 15th International Class of the East Side Institute (joining 130...

15 Jun The End of Knowing???

Posted at 19:13h in Creativity, Culture, Education, Events, Human Development, Learning Environments, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

I'm super excited to be having a webinar conversation with one of my heroes—Sugata Mitra of The Hole in the Wall and TED Prize fame. At a time when the world’s knowledge is but a few clicks away, knowing is becoming obsolete. What, then, becomes of education? What are the possibilities...

13 Feb Getting the Conversation Going

Posted at 21:20h in Culture, Events, Politics, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

On Sunday, February 24, I’m hosting a live video interview—Can Conversation Cure? Developing the Practice of Talk Therapy. My guests are Tom Strong, a psychologist and counselor-educator at the University of Calgary, and Murray Dabby, an Atlanta-based social worker, therapist, trainer and relationshipcoach. It will take place 12 noon-1:30 p.m. Eastern U.S....

20 Nov Giving Away Process

Posted at 02:34h in Community Organizing, Events, Human Development, Philosophy, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

This past Sunday, November 18, the East Side Institute held a Community Meeting and Fundraiser. We’ve been hosting these twice a year for the last ten years. We get to share developments, advances and challenges in the organizing work we do at the grassroots and in academia and invite people...

05 Jul Old Friends and New

Posted at 01:34h in Applied Theatre, Clowning, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Events, Human Development, Performance Movement, Performing the World, Play, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Theatre 0 Comments

I'm super excited about the upcoming (in September) Performing the World conference and so privileged to be chairing it again! I'm sharing the first of many newsletters because these people deserve to be known! Newsletter #1 July 3, 2018 Old Friends and New The 10th Performing the World 2018 (PTW) will take place in...