The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour is coming to the Schoolhouse Museum in Lower Lake on Saturday, July 8* at 1 pm, with guest Georgina Marie Guardado, Lake County Poet Laureate. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour aspires to offer opportunities for healing, and dreaming, through dialogue. An introduction to the project opens a display of the…

This event has been postponed due to the recent closure of the venue, Indexical. The event will be rescheduled for the spring of 2024 at a new venue. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour is coming to Indexical in Santa Cruz on Sunday, July 16 at 3 pm. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour aspires to offer…

Dedan Gills I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing Heart: A Poetic Love Song Dedan Gills (August 21, 1945–December 20, 2015) is co-author, with Belvie Rooks, of I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing Heart: A Poetic Love Song, which has been selected as one of the 29 best poetry books by Speechify…

The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour and Exhibit is coming to the Pacific Textile Arts Gallery in Fort Bragg. The exhibit will open on First Friday, August 4, 2023 from 5–7 pm. The exhibit runs from Friday, August 4 through Tuesday, August 29. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour event will take place on Saturday, August 5…

The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour and Exhibit is coming to the Pacific Textile Arts Gallery in Fort Bragg. The exhibit will open on First Friday, August 4, 2023 from 5–7 pm. The exhibit runs from Friday, August 4 through Thursday, August 31. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour event will take place on Saturday, August 5…

Dedan Gills I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing Heart: A Poetic Love Song Dedan Gills (August 21, 1945–December 20, 2015) is co-author, with Belvie Rooks, of I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing Heart: A Poetic Love Song, which has been selected as one of the 29 best poetry books by Speechify…

The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour is coming to the CODEX Foundation in Berkeley on Sunday, September 10 at 4 pm. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour aspires to offer opportunities for healing, and dreaming, through dialogue. An introduction to the project opens a display of the artists’ book and of the experimental film, On Heavy Lifting,…

Indigenous Voices Series Georgina Marie Guardado is Poet Laureate of Lake County, CA for 2020-2024, the first Mexican American to serve in this role, and she also has Mojave descent. The Academy of American Poets awarded her a Poets Laureate Fellow. She is the literary editor for The Bloom, a contributing writer for Antioch University’s…

Dedan Gills I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing Heart: A Poetic Love Song Dedan Gills (August 21, 1945–December 20, 2015) is co-author, with Belvie Rooks, of I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing Heart: A Poetic Love Song, which has been selected as one of the 29 best poetry books by Speechify…