Friday, September 17 | 7-9pm

Artificial intelligence's unsung beginnings are found in power rather than computers, illuminating the dreams that underlie the hype that brought us to this point and our future. Join this community film screening & discussion hosted by Northwoods Against Surveillance. Pay-what-you-can (no one turned away for lack of funds). Watch the trailer here.

Thursday, September 10 | 6-8pm

Join artists Megan Fenstad and Kristine Piasecki for the opening of BAR CLOSE, a photographic installation exploring recovery, transformation, and the beauty of experiencing life through sober eyes. Featuring 17 original photographs.

Second & Fourth Mondays | 6-8pm

Remember how to feel. Authentic Movement provides a simple structure for connecting with your body’s inward experience and expressing it outwardly through movement—a gentle, self-guided practice that everyone (people of all bodies, abilities, and backgrounds) can do; no dance or movement experience is needed. This series will help you come into contact with your inner knowing, let the voices of your body speak, and integrate the many layers of your lived experience. Learn More & Register.

Wednesdays, June 10–August 26 | 2:30-4:30pm

Collage, painting, drawing, printmaking, sewing… Come engage in all-ages art activities. All materials provided. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5).

Tuesdays | 5:30-7pm

EarthPrayers Qi Gong is a call to connection and alignment with the more beautiful world that is laboring to be born through our broken open hearts. Arising from the intersection of classic Daoist internal arts, contemporary fascial science and the work of Joanna Macy, EarthPrayers Qi Gong is an embodied mythopoetic prayer in response to our current meta-crisis with all its strange, potent and disturbing signs of change. Email Mark Jensen for info about when a new cycle starts: markjensdc@gmail.com.

Third Thursdays | 5:30-7pm

Paper is a portal into the sacred and mundane. Writing and sending letters can be a slow, tender, nonlinear, radical release of rigid expectations and attachments to outcomes. Come unlearn and relearn how to be in relationship by turning letters into art. In this supportive group space, we’ll tune into our bodies, feel the pleasure of our raw and finished practice, and make it our own. Bring your ideas, stories, and queerest ways of connecting. Supplies will be provided—you’re also welcome to bring your own! Pay-what-you-can (suggested donation $5).

First Fridays, January 2–July 3 | 7-9pm

Heartbeats is an all-ages dance party for moving the body, heart, and soul. Come dance your heart out with music that heals your heart, lifts your spirit, and gets your blood flowing! Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5).

First & Third Saturdays | 7-9pm

A feminist horror film club that provides a space for horror fans to discover and discuss films revolving around the female and feminine presenting experience. Pay-what-you-can (suggested $5-20) – no one turned away for lack of funds.

Second Sundays | 1-4pm

Mending is an anticapitlist act that disrupts endless consumption and waste. Mends your clothes, upcycle materials, build community, make a statement! Coffee, tea & mending supplies provided. $3-5 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds).

Second Saturdays | 7-8:30pm

Join your comrades in an informal song circle to share liberatory music for times of struggle. All levels of skill are welcome and appreciated (even those with no musical background). No instrument? No problem! Come to sing, listen, or play a hand instrument. $5 donation to the space suggested but not necessary. Bring songs to share with the group!