Poetry & Curiosity with Janet Aalfs

When:
April 24, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
2018-04-24T18:00:00-04:00
2018-04-24T19:30:00-04:00
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Stephanie
413-527-1301 x12

Local poet Janet Aalfs will lead a poetry workshop that will include brief moving meditation segments for connecting with one’s creative energy. Registration is strongly encouraged. 
Janetpoet laureate emeritus of Northampton, MA and a master instructor of integrative arts including Poetry, TaiChi & Qigong, Karate, Filipino Stick Arts, and Empowerment Self-protection Strategies, has been teaching and performing locally, nationally, and internationally for 40 years. Founder/Director of Lotus Peace Arts at Valley Women’s Martial Arts, a non-profit school started in 1977, and located in Easthampton since 1984, Aalfs enjoys helping to create community sites for revelation and enjoyment. Her writing has been widely published, and she has received awards for her leadership in the arts as well as prizes for her poetry. Her most recent book of poems is Bird of a Thousand Eyes (Levellers Press).