SOU’WESTER EVENTS!
Discover what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!
Workshop Series at The Sou’wester
Yoga & Ayurveda for Winter Vitality with Elyssia Maya Schaeffer
Learn nourishing foods, breath work and yoga to support your body through the winter season. Workshop includes homemade chai, an Ayurvedic snack and a 30 minute guided meditation.
Elyssia Maya Schaeffer is a Certified Ayurveda and Yoga Teacher, Holistic Nutritionist and Certified Wellness Coach living in Portland Oregon with her husband and two cheeky chihuahuas. Follow her on instagram at #anandamayaayurvedapdx
COST: $20
BRING: Please bring a yoga mat and wear warm, comfortable clothes.
All workshops are open to the public.
All Skill Levels Welcome. 7 students max.
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542
The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644
This class is part of the Fall & Winter 2017/2018 Workshop Series at The Sou’wester. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/calendar to see the entire schedule of more than 28 artist-led workshops.
Drawing from diverse influences ranging from John Hartford, Joanna Newsom, Pete Seeger, Jim Henson, and Townes Van Zandt, Hollis Peach weaves evocative, mischievous and deeply personal stories in the American vernacular of song and story. This unassuming, yet highly original duo is currently touring in promotion of their debut release, “Sometimes We Feel the Same”. Founding members of the rootsy folk orchestra Patchy Sanders, songwriter and guitarist, Dan Sherrill along with his singing partner, Jacqui Aubert, create a finely nuanced musical pairing.
Though deceptively simple, their musical arrangements and harmonies are lush, intricate, and often hypnotic in their elegance. Kenneth Pattengale, of the Grammy-nominated The Milk Carton Kids, describes Dan as, “…a monster guitar player.” And this is true, as Dan’s phrasing comes out in the cleverest and subtlest of ways. When all is said and done, Hollis Peach’s music is a powerhouse of subtle gestures and graceful storytelling.
This event is free and open to the public.
Workshop Series at The Sou’wester
Writing Your Conservative Relatives with Jenny Forrester
It’s a fairly universal experience to disagree with family members sometimes. But what if those disagreements are more like a epic gulfs of bafflement and horror? What if your family members are conservatives? What if they’re Republicans? What then?
Write the conservative members of your family into immortality by bringing your pen and paper to the Thanksgiving table. We’ll write scenes that have the immediacy of fiction steeped in the emotional depths of lived experience.
If you’ve dreamed of leaving a story for posterity to tell your whole truth long after you’re gone or if you’ve dreamed of publishing this story for the world, this class is for you. Maybe you feel compelled to write and see what comes of it—consider the possibilities later. Maybe your childhood home remains within your mind as a bright place or a painful place or a beautiful, long gone now place, but the conservativism or religious authoritarianism remains in your metaphors. Write it all. Maybe even find some peace with it.
Literary Memoir offers the opportunity for growth and expression that other types of writing don’t. It’s not just that we’re writing our life’s memories, it’s that we’re writing our resistance through artistic expression. It’s that we’re writing ourselves resilient. So, in this class we’ll talk about what makes memoir literary.
Jenny Forrester has been published in a number of print and online publications, including Seattle’s City Arts Magazine, Nailed Magazine, Hip Mama, The Literary Kitchen, Indiana Review, and Columbia Journal. Her work is included in the Listen to Your Mother anthology published by Putnam. She curates the Unchaste Readers Series. Her debut memoir was published recently (May, 2017) by Portland’s own, Hawthorne Books.
COST: $60
BRING: Paper/Pen/Computer – whatever you’d like to use to write. Please bring a sack lunch and/or snack (hot tea and coffee provided)
All workshops are open to the public.
All Skill Levels Welcome.
This workshop is for students age 17 and up. 20 students max.
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542
The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644
This class is part of the Fall & Winter 2017/2018 Workshop Series at The Sou’wester. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/calendar to see the entire schedule of more than 28 artist-led workshops.
Workshop Series at The Sou’wester
Let’s Make a Sandwich with Tommy Habetz & Jason Cohen
Join Tommy Habetz, of Portland’s Bunk Sandwiches and Pizza Jerk, for an afternoon of sandwich philosophy, sandwich construction, and sandwich eating. Working in one of the Sou’wester kitchens with both fresh local ingredients and the sort of things that anyone might have handy in their own kitchen, we’ll learn how to make one Bunk classic, and also develop and write the recipe for a brand new sandwich of our own.
Hailing from the kitchens of Mario Batali and Bobby Flay, Tommy Habetz joined forces with Nick Wood in 2008 to start Bunk Sandwiches. Made with high-quality ingredients, Bunk sandwiches are creative and comforting, satisfying and delicious. Its signature sandwiches – such as the Pork Belly Cubano, the Meatball Parmiagiano Hero, and the Pulled Pork with Apple Cabbage Slaw – have garnered national media attention from the likes of The Food Network, Food & Wine Magazine, and Travel + Leisure. Bunk has since expanded to five locations in Portland (as well as outposts in the Moda Center and Providence Park). In November of 2015, Tommy also opened Pizza Jerk, a New Haven style pizza joint in the Cully neighborhood of Portland. Pizza Jerk was named one of Bon Appetit’s “Best New Restaurants of 2016.”
Jason Cohen is an author, journalist and food writer whose work has appeared in such publications as Portland Monthly, Eater, the New York Times, Texas Monthly, and Street Roots. He wrote the first chapter of his most recent book, This is The Noise That Keeps Me Awake (co-authored with the band Garbage) at the Sou’wester.
COST: $45 includes lunch
BRING: Lunch is included, as you’ll be making it! Bring a beverage or favorite bag of chips. And a potential sandwich ingredient if you’re so inclined! (hot tea and coffee provided)
All workshops are open to the public.
All Skill Levels Welcome. 8 students max.
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542
The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644
This class is part of the Fall & Winter 2017/2018 Workshop Series at The Sou’wester. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/calendar to see the entire schedule of more than 28 artist-led workshops.
Baptist Arms create a dystopian gothic folk landscape with spare instrumentation and evocative harmonies.
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Anna Fritz is a cello-wielding activist folksinger who plays songs that crack you open and heal you. She creates a musical alchemy of cello and voice, strumming the cello like a guitar and playing beautiful melodies with the bow as she sings. Her songs boldly dig into themes of colonization, climate change, racial justice, gender, spirituality, and connection to the natural world. Like the great folksingers of previous generations, Anna is a catalyst for people to sing together. Her songs are infectious and easy to learn, imbued with a sense of timelessness as if they’ve been sung for generations. Her disarming, gentle nature and powerful presence gets unlikely crowds of people singing together from town halls to night clubs.
Listeners will find plenty of rockstar cred in this folksinger’s past. Anna Fritz is a sought after cellist with a 15 year tenure spanning the world of classical music and Portland, Oregon’s indie rock scene. She toured nationally with Portland Cello Project for seven years and can be heard on albums from My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses, The Decemberists, Dirty Projectors, and case/lang/veirs. As a solo artist, Anna Fritz has independently released three albums and performed for audiences in more than 50 venues in seven states.
This event is free and open to the public.
Workshop Series at The Sou’wester
The Gut-Brain Connection, How to Maintain Mental Health from a Nutritional and Herbal Perspective with Geena Barker & Ingrid Abbate
This workshop will include details on what nutrients our brains and bodies need to be happy and healthy and how to acquire those nutrients. The class will include information on addressing mental health through diet as well as herbal remedies. We will address topics ranging from general mood management to schizophrenia and autism. There will be a lecture portion as hands on activities including making a take-home herbal concoction. The purpose of this workshop is for people to walk away with a better understanding of how their brains and bodies functions so that they can have a fuller image of mental health and it’s intricacies and apply that knowledge to practicing holistic self-care with themselves and their loved ones.
Geena Barker, NTP: Geena is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner through the Nutritional Therapy Association who has a passion for getting basic nutritional information out to the general public. She believes that understanding the human body and the nutrients that help it function is an essential element to understanding and addressing any health issue.
Ingrid Abbate, LMT: Ingrid is an herbalist and licensed massage therapist in Olympia, WA. She has studied and practiced herbalism for over 10 years and has been dedicated to community herbalism, herbal healthcare accessibility and herbal education throughout her career. Ingrid will be focusing mostly on herbs that assist in addressing mood, stress, sleep, and anxiety.
COST: $30 plus a $5 material fee (Please pay material fee directly to instructor.)
BRING: Note taking materials and please bring a sack lunch and/or snack (hot tea and coffee provided).
All workshops are open to the public.
All Skill Levels Welcome.
This workshop is geared for adults
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542
The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644
This class is part of the Fall & Winter 2017/2018 Workshop Series at The Sou’wester. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/calendar to see the entire schedule of more than 28 artist-led workshops.
Readings by Martha Grover, July Westhale, Lizzy Acker, & Hajara Quinn with Music by “The Morals”!
This event is free and open to the public.
Workshop Series at The Sou’wester
Objects / Belongings: Writing and Drawing about Our STUFF with Kate Bingaman-Burt
In this workshop participants will be asked to bring in their own personal objects that are meaningful (or not so meaningful). Kate will encourage participants to think about their everyday objects in new and different ways. What stories can we share of ourselves through our objects? What stories do our objects tell of us? Participants will explore a variety of illustration techniques and writing/editing methods to produce drawings and short narratives about our relationships with each object, and will compile a collaborative publication of the days work. Along with thinking and making things about our stuff, we will also learn about small press publications, different illustration methods and writing techniques. No drawing or writing experience necessary!
Kate Bingaman-Burt is an illustrator and educator. Her work orbits around the objects in our lives: the things we buy, the things we discard, and the collectivity and social interaction that can arise from cycles of consumption. Via illustrations, daily documentation, publications, events, large-scale participatory projects, client work, and a full-time role as educator, Kate’s work invites a dialogue about contemporary forms of exchange. She is an Associate Professor in Graphic Design at Portland State University and sits on the boards of Design Week Portland and Independent Publishing Resource Center. This spring she opened her space Outlet which holds workshops, events and houses a zine library. Come say hi if you are in Portland!
COST: $15
BRING: favorite objects to draw, please bring a snack if needed (hot tea and coffee provided)
All workshops are open to the public.
All Skill Levels Welcome.
15 students max.
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542
The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644
This class is part of the Fall & Winter 2017/2018 Workshop Series at The Sou’wester. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/calendar to see the entire schedule of more than 28 artist-led workshops.
Workshop Series at The Sou’wester
Poetry Through List Making with Heather Douglas
Have you ever been intimidated by the process of writing poetry? Famous author Ray Bradbury was known to use the technique of list making to create his stories because it allowed him to “turn off” the internal editor and unlock pure creativity. In this course, we will create 10 poems; you will also leave the class with a custom made workbook to continue your poetry journey at home.
Heather Douglas believes in the transformative power of poetry. She is an educator, illustrator and writer from Astoria, Oregon and a recent recipient of the Astoria Visual Arts Writer in Residence. She is a self-published author of 2 illustrated coloring books, a book of poetry and a frequent contributor to Coast Weekend.
COST: $30 plus $5 material fee for take home workbook (Please pay material fee directly to instructor)
BRING: writing utensil and please bring a sack lunch and/or snack (hot tea and coffee provided)
All workshops are open to the public.
All Skill Levels Welcome.
This workshop is geared for adults. 20 students max.
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542
The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644
This class is part of the Fall & Winter 2017/2018 Workshop Series at The Sou’wester. Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/calendar to see the entire schedule of more than 28 artist-led workshops.
Espacio Flamenco Company is the professional performance group based out of Espacio Flamenco Studio. Dedicated to sharing Flamenco art in Portland, OR, the company produces regular performances throughout the year with a focus on musical integrity and artistic development.
This event is free and open to the public
www.espacioflamencopdx.com