[Pacg] Concert Pianist on Saturday, Storyteller/Activist Wed &Thurs

[Carolina 1961]

Here are two wonderful opportunities to reflect and recharge...


>From Margaret Thomas:

There will be a concert and CD release party for the Margaret Skinner Trio on
Saturday, September 29, at the Unitarian Church, Kimberly and Eastern,
Davenport, starting at 7 pm. There is no charge for the concert, and the CD,
called Jazz Revisited, can be purchased for $14.

The Trio includes Margaret Skinner on piano, Boris Arratia on guitar, and
John Kinser on drums.  Vocals will be performed by Tony Sconyers,  Richard
Housman,  Lionel Marcoux and Jackie Miller.



>From Richard Priggie:

I want to let you all know about the upcoming visit to Augustana College of
*Michael Meade *, a well-known storyteller, author, and social activist.

In the 1990s, Michael did pioneering work with Robert Bly, James Hillman,
and others to imagine with men's groups what it might mean to be male,
humanly and spiritually, in today's world.  Since then his work has
principally been as a reconciler, peacemaker, and mentor with inner city
youth and with a wide variety of groups.  His main vocation remains that of
storyteller, sage, and spiritual guide.

*Two Upcoming Events with Michael Meade*

Storyteller, Author, Social Activist

*Poetics of Peace: Why the World Doesn't End*

*Wednesday, October 3, 2007**  7:00 p.m.*

Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building

Augustana College

3520 7th Avenue, Rock Island, IL

More than a simple literal place, the world is an eternal drama, a story
told from beginning to end and end to beginning, again and again.  When "the
End" seems near, it is the mythic sense, the eternal roots, and creative
imagination that are missing.  What's needed is the imagination necessary to
hold end and beginning together.  Behind the "ecological crisis" and the
"war on terror," there lies a crisis of meaning and a loss of the sense of
the sacred in the immediate pulse of the world.  When "the End" seems near,
how people imagine the world becomes more important; how people imagine
humanity becomes of utmost importance.

Storyteller, author, and social activist *Michael Meade* brings his vital
blend of storytelling, poetry, and discussion to the Quad Cities with
his *Poetics
of Peace* presentation.  A mythologist and gifted performer, Meade weaves
the wisdom of ancient tales into useful commentary on today's cultural and
political dilemmas, including fundamentalism, terrorism, and the underlying
problem of literalism.  Meade argues that the human soul requires a
multiplicity and diversity of beliefs, images, and ideas.

*The Road of Life and Death*

*Thursday, October 4, 2007**  10:30 a.m.*

Auditorium, Olin Center for Educational Technology

Augustana College

733 35th Street, Rock Island, IL


The story written on the walls of the soul is intended to be lived out as a
great experiment in life, as a willingness to die again and again in order
to grow.  Each story involves spells and blessings, gifts and wounds,
indelible marks that reveal where the individual soul and spirit insist on
being known consciously.  When lived consciously the struggles in one's life
open pathways to the center of the self where renewed purpose and vitality
wait to be found.

A New York native with a razor sharp wit, *Michael Meade* has always been
drawn to the edges of society.  His insights are especially valuable since
they have been hard won through decades of work in the trenches of mentoring
youth, visiting prisons, assisting Vietnam vets and fostering dialogues
between genders and races.  Through story, poetry and discussion, he is able
to find common ground on hostile turf, working with Chicago gangs, in
'barrios' in LA, on Native American reservations and with Sudanese refugees.

To learn more about Michael Meade's work, visit the website of the

Mosaic Multicultural Foundation

 www.mosaicvoices.org

For information about these two Augustana College events, contact

Richard Priggie, College Chaplain, at richardpriggie at augustana.edu

or 309-794-7213
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