What is Ruminate Happenings?
Well, Ruminate isn't an ordinary nonprofit, so of course we couldn't host just an ordinary fundraiser. Inspired by the “happenings” of the 1960s, where people showed up and made good things together, we decided to create our own version of this goodness!
Each spring we take an amazing leap of faith and bring together our readers, writers and artists in a beautiful way. Pre-order your ticket today and save over 60% off from our week of prices.
This past March 6-13, 2021 our brave writers and artists went live on Instagram to spontaneously create poetry, art, little stories, and small essays for our community. Folks purchased a ticket with a writer or artist, and in exchange they recieved an original creation as part of a whole digital journal in celebration of this event. To encourage connection with our contributors, ticket holders were asked to fill out prompts to inspire their artist/writer.
We also invite you to join us on Instagram to watch the creations being made. It is a wild ride, and we're so excited to have you join us on this adventure!
Please check out all of the videos on our IGTV page below! If you can't access your video, please let us know so we can get it to you.
Saturday, March 6, 2021
8am PST Rachel King
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9am PST Erika Oakvik
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10am PST Melissa Poulin
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1pm PST Rebekah Denison Hewitt
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2pm PST Emily Woodworth
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Sunday, March 7, 2021
8am PST Lary Kleeman
9am PST Diane Le Blanc
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10am PST Kate Bradley
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1pm PST Chaun Ballard
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4pm PST Shreya Vikram
Monday, March 8, 2021
9am PST Cherie Nelson
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11am PST Bess Cooley
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2pm PST Sandell Morse
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
8am PST Gemma Seltzer
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10am PST Sally Rosen Kindred
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11am PST Evan James Sheldon
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3pm PST Lauren Camp
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
9am PST Catherin Hervey
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11am PST Karen Bjork Kubin
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1pm PST Jennifer Fueston
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2pm PST Arah Ko
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Thursday, March 11, 2021
9am PST Jason Villemez
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11am PST Robin Gow
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12pm PST Preeti Parikh
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1pm PST Angelica Whitehorne
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Friday, March 12, 2021
9am PST Benjamin Gucciardi
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11am PST Emily Stoddard
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3pm PST Emily McIlroy
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4pm PST Sean Conrey
Saturday, March 13, 2021
8am PST Karoline Strickland
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9am PST Katie Manning
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A note on Ruminate Happenings A few years back, our founder, Brianna Van Dyke told us about a conference that she had attended where Marie Howe described an event she helped plan and host called The Poet Is In. Poets set up tables with typewriters in Grand Central Station and invited the public to come and have a poem written for them, "with them," as she said. Marie shared how the poet would ask questions of the person, questions like, "Tell me a dream you've had more than once. Tell me about a toy you used to love." And then "the poet would take this and transform what the poet heard using language and silence and musicality. Take it and transform it, type it out, and then read it to the person. It was their own lives, given back, if you will." Our contributors want to take your narrative and as Marie Howe said, "transform it, type it out, and then read it [back].