Solstice Celebration at O’Hanlon Center for the Arts. With Nina Wise
Solstice Celebration at O'Hanlon Center for the Arts
With Nina Wise
Saturday, June 20 – 7:30 PM
Doors open at 7
O’Hanlon Gallery
Join us for an evening in celebration of the solstice, marking the longest day of the year.
Together we will mark the turning of the sun through guided meditation, meaningful ritual, uplifting chants and songs. that calm the mind, quiet the heart and uplift the spirit. The evening will unfold as a time to pause, reflect, and align with the fullness of light within and around us.
The evening will also be a celebration of Nina’s recently released album By This Light, Nina’s debut album of chants and blessings. Through the hands of world renown producer of spiritual music, Ben Leinback, and featuring some of the Bay Area’s finest instrumentalists and vocalists, By This Light, blends the wisdom of Buddhist teachings with the joy of kirtan, the uplifting rhythms of world music, and the trance inducing power of layered vocal harmonies.
This is a relaxed, participatory gathering. All are welcome. No prior mediation of chanting experience is necessary. Come as you are and join in as you feel comfortable as we gather in community to honor the solstice
Tickets: $25
Advanced sales end June 19 at 3pm. Some tickets will be available at the door starting at 7:00 PM.
About the Artists:
Since earning her degree in Religious Studies and the Aesthetics of Movement, Nina Wise has devoted her career to developing theater and writing stories that address the complex relationship between body, intellect, and spirit. Her original works, performed in prestigious venues in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia have won awards for playwriting, innovative design, and new theater including three NEA fellowships and seven Bay Area Theater Critics Awards. Her book, A Big New Free Happy Unusual Life, was published by Broadway Books and her stories and articles have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals.
Wise’s immersive theater piece The Kepler Story, created in collaboration with California Academy of Sciences Morrison Planetarium, is the first theater piece ever created about an astronomer for domes. The production played to sold out crowds at Morrison Planetarium in San Francisco and the Fiske Planetarium, UC Boulder and is currently in development for a world tour.
The founder of Motion Theater®, an original form of autobiographical improvisation, Nina offers performances and trainings in this unique form of authentic self-expression. She has performed custom-designed improvised works at theaters, think tanks, conferences, medical institutions, and political events around the world.
As an artist and teacher who specializes in innovation, she has coached numerous individuals and teams in creativity, the cultivation of presence, stress reduction, communication and leadership. In addition, authorized to teach by Jack Kornfield, Wise teaches Buddhist practice at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and other spiritual centers worldwide.