This month, WOW is bringing its brand of sparkly, benevolent do-gooding to our nation’s capital.
For four days, Wide Open Writing will set up camp in the beautiful and historic Josephine Butler Parks Center to gift* community members with pop-up writing sessions, participation in Harvest Fest gatherings, a Day of the Dead processional, and opportunities for salon readings, tacos and various tricks and treats. How do we do it all? you ask. With lifted spirits, we answer. With deeply held beliefs in the power of the written and spoken word, with organizations like Washington Parks & People, Nature Sacred, Life Pieces to Masterpieces and GALA Hispanic Theatre, with joy in our hearts and silliness in our veins, and with your help.
Community activities begin:
Saturday morning October 29 with Washington Parks & People’s Harvest Fest and continue on through the weekend.
Image by Ruby Ella Photography
Here you can watch what it means for a neighborhood to come together and GROW. With your retreat attendance donation, you are invited to join in as visiting artists and WOW partners-in-time take the stage for a wondrium of words and whizbang wacky harvest hullaballoo.
The real deal commences on Sunday afternoon with an on-site WOW Mini Retreat. For the cost of a month of Pumpkin Spice Lattes, you can engage and create on the premises where Marvin Gaye had his musical debut. We say *gift* because we are giving it all away, but wow, we sure could use your help to make that happen.
Image by Ruby Ella Photography
WOW’s Autumn Heart-fest Mini-Retreat
Sunday October 30, 2022
12:00 - 5:00 pm
with additional excursions available
Donation Basis— small to generous amounts accepted!
Led by Dulcie Witman and Nancy Coleman, Wide Open Writing co-founders, and joined by Nadine Epstein, award-winning journalist and media/social entrepreneur, editor/publisher/ visual artist and co-author (with Ruth Bader Ginsburg) of RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women and Jörgen UNOM JG, spoken word artist, singer/songwriter, host, workshop leader, you will spend the afternoon generating a genuine voice-lifting, spirit-lifting good time in practices such as:
Art and Movement as a Portal
Harvesting Music and Movement Through Spoken Word
Dance to the Harvest
Rhythm in the Park Drum Circle
garden-to-table refreshments
fall in the air and KINDRED SPIRITS and
Writing, writing, writing!
You know you want to come! You know you’re ready for a trip to DC! Knock on your representative’s door. Pay homage to the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. Enjoy the convenience of making your own accommodations and travel arrangements. Once you’ve made your donation, you will become automatically privy to the wealth of other outings and meals we’ll be enjoying in together while in town.
Click here to go to our Eventbrite listing to make a donation and, at the same time, register to come to Sunday’s event. If you can’t come to the event Sunday, we would still welcome your contribution, Thank you from the bottom of our sleeve-worn-hearts!
