UMAWIT (Queer Earth) is a music-driven theatre production set in a dystopian near-future when the carbon density in the atmosphere has caused the unanticipated impact of distorting soundwaves.

Community Gathering & Feast
Art & Rest Portal | Storytelling  | Silence | Water

Artists
TALIN WRIGHT | SHARON TUNG | SHAMMAH SALWA | NIYA ABDULLAHI | DHIVIYA PRABAHARAN

Date & Location
September 1, 2023,
5pm-8pm
Scarborough Museum

"Deep inside of us, there exists a passionate fire to be more honest and true to ourselves"

The intention of this ritual is to carve space to let go of lingering childhood wounds. We will gather to create a communal altar for our inner children and ease into gratitude for our younger selves. This event is for anyone who identifies as BIPOC. We ask folks if they identify as a survivor of childhood gender based violence so they have priority.

Participants will be guided and open space for communicating the wisdom of our higher knowings in intuitive poetry, automatic writing and meditation. .. we will also share light language activations to support the anchoring of our wisdoms and intentions. Facilitated by Sharrae Lyon

🌾 DARE 🌾 is a Karanga word signifying a place and a circle for deep community contemplation on matters of importance. It is also a circle to commune with spirit collectively. The ritual elements of DARE include community, food, and spiritual communion

PURNIMA PUJA
एक साथ मिल कर मां के घावों को ठीक करना 
HEALING MATERNAL WOUNDING TOGETHER

EMBODIED ALTARS :
A FULL MOON RIVER WALK RITUAL FACILITATED BY SAYSAH
Saturday May 6th (10am-1pm)

Through the medium of batik, a wax resist design process, we will be transforming sacred grief + rage, moving waters + emotions, centring joy + pleasure through portals of co-creation. we invite you to gather with us in creation and ceremony to honour the first full moon of spring.

Thai Pongal is the Tamil Harvest festival held annually for over 5000 years.

On Tuesday January 24th 2022 at 6pm, Sneha/Sun, in collaboration with Greenhouse Theatre will be hosting a Thai Pongal Celebration as part of the The Future is Ritual series

Thai Pongal is a four day festival where on the final day people gather with family and friends, eat great food, and do folk dances, to celebrate the harvest. We will be celebrating the final day of the festival, Kaanum Pongal by hosting a potluck and arts showcase of Tamil artists from a variety of disciplines.  We will also explore the roots of Pongal, what it looks like for the local diaspora, how you can cultivate a relationship with the land, and the ritual of Pongal by honoring ancient Tamil traditions without religious affiliation.  

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COSMOVERSE is an open mic for stars (as we all are) here on earth. We centre IBPOC, 2SLGBTQIA+ voices, while we welcome all our relatives who desire to co-create intentional space for healing through the arts
This is an all ages and all disciplines event.

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Shanika Maria + Tray the Poet

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In this new moon fire-tending session & kinship circle we learn:

• How to build, start, and sustain a fire

• Learning about different types of fires including fires for different seasons

• Learn about different materials and wood

• Learn about the difference of a fire to keep warm and a fire for cooking

We will also be invited to intentions for what we are planting in life both literally, spiritually, energetically

Greenhouse Theatre welcomes kababayan for an Analog Meet, Greet, ‘n’ Eat on Friday August 19th at 6:30 PM ET - 9:30 PM ET to celebrate Scarborough/Tkaronto’s contributors to the groundbreaking anthology Home is in the Body: 2SLGBTQIA+ FilipinX Femme North of 49th Parallel, the first of its kind to feature the voices of Pilipinx/Filipinx/Pinay(Filipina) who are queer in their politics, allyship, advocacy, and/or lived experience.

In this meditation and kinship circle, we are invited into a space of presence in the body and reflection on original forms of expression within our bodies and ancestral lands. We will hold space for teachings around our lived experience with language. Bennette will also share teachings around written forms of ancestral cosmology including Baybayin and how they are interwoven with the spirit of our oral traditions

By Donation, suggested $10-$20

benette baguisa is a scarborough-born, manila-raised and now scarborough-based emerging guided meditation and movement facilitator.

Full description coming soon.

benette baguisa is a scarborough-born, manila-raised and now scarborough-based emerging guided meditation and movement facilitator. one of her most favourite ways to disrupt the conventional ways we inhabit spaces of learning and being in community is to invite everyone to take three deep, slow, deliberate breaths to get out of our minds and into the consciousness of our bodies and spirits.

COME DISCUSS WITH US!

🌱 What types of needs + desires exist for in-person community arts and healing spaces in this time?

🌱 What do you desire to receive AND co-create from a community arts space?

🌱 What are histories, models, teachings, and successes we can share from our unique experiences being part of and / or leading community arts movements and spaces as artists and arts educators?

This session is facilitated by Sha, steward of Greenhouse Theatre. Snacks are provided!