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
Writing is Magic: Story Structure with Nick Jaina & Olivia Pepper
This class will be an exploration of the magic that is writing. We will intersperse short lectures on the hidden truths in the etymology of language with writing exercises that unlock what you are afraid to write about. The purpose is to explore the reverential nature of writing, as a form of therapy, understanding, and communication. Olivia and Nick will focus on inspiration, building meaningful stories, and connecting to the parts of ourselves that are atavistic, that have always existed. (Students are encouraged to take both classes, April 8th and April 15th, but are also welcome to join one or the other. The content of each class will be different. The focus of the class on April 8th will be on Story Structure: We will focus on mythology and the roots of storytelling to inform us how we can structure a story to provide a satisfying progression for the character and themes. The focus of the class on April 15th will be on Mechanics: We will focus on subtext, dialogue, and other ways of packing as much emotion and depth into every line of our writing.)
It will be fun too! Your life is your art. You have already collected all the beautiful things in your world with every choice you’ve made. Now all you have to do is see your own life with grace, and document what you see with honesty. Easy.
Nick Jaina is a writer and musician from Portland, Oregon. His memoir Get It While You Can was a finalist for the 2016 Oregon Book Award. Olivia Pepper is a healer and mystic from Austin, Texas.
COST: $50
BRING: pen and paper or laptop, 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 for students age 14 and up.
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542
Explore the art of holding sacred space by creating alters, lunar eclipses bath salts, and making biodynamic flower essences. Bring your favorite flowers, essential oils, stones or plant allies to create Pink and Flower Full Moon mandalas. Materials and demonstration will also be provided. Gather your divine feminine energy through movement, meditation, clay masks, and group sauna. Celebrate the energies of the pink moon to nurture your physical body and blossom into a deeper sense of peace, connection, harmony and balance.
PLEASE RVSP AT MAMOOKWELLNESS@ICLOUD.COM
Pink Moon April 11th 5:30pm-10pm
Flower Moon May 10th 5:30pm-10pm
$50 (Sliding scale available by request)
WEEKLY EVENT
A unique ambient sound experience, blending tiny ambient concert and harmonic healing in which participants are enveloped in the vibrational drones of various traditional healing instruments.
COST: Suggested donation $5-10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
RSVP: souwesterwellness@gmail.com
WHERE: Wellness Trailer
Space limited to 8 people
Workshop Series at The Sou’wester
Writing is Magic: Mechanics with Nick Jaina & Olivia Pepper
This class will be an exploration of the magic that is writing. We will intersperse short lectures on the hidden truths in the etymology of language with writing exercises that unlock what you are afraid to write about. The purpose is to explore the reverential nature of writing, as a form of therapy, understanding, and communication. Olivia and Nick will focus on inspiration, building meaningful stories, and connecting to the parts of ourselves that are atavistic, that have always existed. (Students are encouraged to take both classes, April 8th and April 15th, but are also welcome to join one or the other. The content of each class will be different. The focus of the class on April 8th will be on Story Structure: We will focus on mythology and the roots of storytelling to inform us how we can structure a story to provide a satisfying progression for the character and themes. The focus of the class on April 15th will be on Mechanics: We will focus on subtext, dialogue, and other ways of packing as much emotion and depth into every line of our writing.)
It will be fun too! Your life is your art. You have already collected all the beautiful things in your world with every choice you’ve made. Now all you have to do is see your own life with grace, and document what you see with honesty. Easy.
Nick Jaina is a writer and musician from Portland, Oregon. His memoir Get It While You Can was a finalist for the 2016 Oregon Book Award. Olivia Pepper is a healer and mystic from Austin, Texas.
COST: $50
BRING: pen and paper or laptop, 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 for students age 14 and up.
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542
WEEKLY EVENT
A unique ambient sound experience, blending tiny ambient concert and harmonic healing in which participants are enveloped in the vibrational drones of various traditional healing instruments.
COST: Suggested donation $5-10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
RSVP: souwesterwellness@gmail.com
WHERE: Wellness Trailer
Space limited to 8 people
WEEKLY EVENT
A unique ambient sound experience, blending tiny ambient concert and harmonic healing in which participants are enveloped in the vibrational drones of various traditional healing instruments.
COST: Suggested donation $5-10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
RSVP: souwesterwellness@gmail.com
WHERE: Wellness Trailer
Space limited to 8 people
We’re thrilled to present our first She Shreds Weekend Showcase!! Come take break from the city life, enjoy some sweet jams from Portland based artists, walk on the beach, relax in the sauna, soak in the sun (or rain, ’cause you know… PNW), bring your dog, your mom, your partner, and chill with the She Shreds crew. It’s gonna be the best.
*** Reserve your trailer/cabin by calling Sou’wester directly at (360) 642-2542 and mention it’s for the She Shreds showcase.
- 3 days of bands (7 bands total)
- 1 day of workshops
- beach hang
- Fireworks
- Chill hang around a fire
- Demo station available for shreddage
Daniela Karina (Women’s Beat League DJ)
DJ Suavecito (She Shreds Magazine)
OTHER IMPORTANT INFO:
Reservations must be made via phone NOT online.
$10 at the door day of OR $25 weekend pass available at ticket link.
ALL AGES
WEEKLY EVENT
A unique ambient sound experience, blending tiny ambient concert and harmonic healing in which participants are enveloped in the vibrational drones of various traditional healing instruments.
COST: Suggested donation $5-10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
RSVP: souwesterwellness@gmail.com
WHERE: Wellness Trailer
Space limited to 8 people
Walk the beauty way. Come together to share in a healing full moon circle of the Full Flower Moon in Scorpio. Bring a flower or stone as an offering for the earth. Our Cosmic Mother will hold us in her living flower mandala as we come together in ceremony – as Women, as Sisters, as Daughters, as Mothers, as Grandmothers. Join us for the Flower Moon Self-Care Workshop, an energetic healing for your sacred temple within. This worship honors our ancestors, the feminine lineage that is at our root, and it honors the blossoms we have birthed, our little ones, the carriers of the light.
This ceremony is an individual healing and celebration of your feminine essence. It is a liberation from the past – supported with the healing smoke of herbs, flower blossoms, fire, sacred waters and loving community. I will be sharing my wisdom from my teachers Pixie Lighthorse on creating and honoring sacred space and Tami Kent Author of the Wild Feminine, Wild Creative, and Mothering From Your Center. Thank you to these women of great strength and vision for supporting us in true wellbeing. Following the ceremony, we will discuss how to nurture the rite during our moon cycle. We will also explore our inner garden through a guided shamanic meditation and the art of creating your own lunar eclipsed flower essence and clay/sauna purification ritual. We will close with a sacred journey, opening the energy center at our throat which increases the energy flow through our womb center.
Workshop Fee $50 (Includes flower essence supplies, booklet, venue and sauna fees)
This ceremony is open to all women, from the age of 16+. Come and bring your beloveds!
*Please bring: blanket + a flower(s) for our flower mandala
Circle will be held inside and group flower mandala will be outside. Please be mindful of the weather and bring blankets or mats if you wish.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flower-moon-self-care-workshop-tickets-34154709656?aff=es2
Workshop Series at The Sou’wester
Macrame Wall Hanging Workshop with Liz & Brian Wright
Macrame, a 70’s icon, has made a comeback in a big way! Come learn and practice the fundamental knots that can be used to create decorative and functional shapes, while you create a modern wall hanging to adorn your home. The foundational knotty skill set learned in this class will certainly set you on your way to creating future tapestries, plant hangers, and more!
Founded in 2016 by Liz and Brian Wright, Assembly hosts hands-on modern craft and DIY workshops in the Portland area. The workshops and classes, covering a wide variety of crafts, are perfect for beginners and designed to empower creativity and pique interest in potential new hobbies. Originally from Ohio, Liz Rosino Wright has a long history of creative projects and pursuits as a professional artist, designer, video producer, small business owner, and museum researcher. Brian Wright, a native of Southwest Washington, is a busy Portland-based drummer, event producer, and lover of all crafts beginning with his addiction to sewing in 2010.
COST: $30 plus $25 material fee (Please pay material fee directly to the instructor.)
BRING: 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 students age 14 and up. (Advanced younger students might be ok too.)
RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542