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Independent Scholars' Evenings
2006 Events
Commencement of the 11th Year of The Institute Keynote speaker:
Hon. Mayor Welveart, Mayor of Moline, will be giving the address for the commencement of the 11th Year of The Institute. Cocktails, refreshments and music to follow.September 28th - 7:00 p.m.
Gene Huber, a published writer and journalist, will discuss. "The Secrets of Publication."Please bring your questions as well as your ideas for discussion.October 5th. 2006
Jacob Rayapati, Prof. English, Author and Essayist will discuss his current work: "Christian Bhakti Tradition from Southern India"October 12th
Author Sean Leary will read from his new collection of short stories "Every Number Is Lucky To Someone" as well as his upcoming novel, Synchronicity"and speak about the power of coincidence and connection in our lives.October 19th
Jean Huber, Author and Journalist will discuss her work on "How History and Human Affairs Impact Your Lives"October 26th
Narveen Virdi, Essayist, will read a new work:"Bhakti: Intoxication, Euphoria or Delusion?"
Examples of Bhakti love poetry will be circulated.
November 2nd
The Democratization of ArtOpen panel discussion.
November 9th
The Democratization of ArtContinuation of discussion with readings from circulars.
November 16th
Randy Arcenas "500 years of popular guitar music."The history of popular guitar music compiled by guitar virtuoso
November 30th
The Obese EmotionThis is the second of our series.
Ellis Kell will play an original composition musical piece. Following his musical rendering, will be a showing of the movie "The Secret"
December 7th
"Toward a Perception of Creativity: How it informs our attitudes & actions."Andy Hahn is an independent scholar with a background in philosophy.
December 14th
Thursday, 7:00 pm Holiday Party.ding Le Mekong, La Flama, and TGI Fridays.
Intergrative Wholitic Healing:
The first weekend of December 2006: 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th. Tuesday morning.Dr. Prachi Garodia will be visiting our area.
For the lay community, Dr. Prachi Garodia will discuss:
1 - Eating according to the seasons and body type.
2 - Common spices used in Ayurveda.
For the Medical staff, Dr. Prachi Garodia will discuss:
Diseases and medical researches done on herbs:
Gugulu - for obesity and high cholesterol.
Tumeric - for inflammatory conditions.
2006 Spring Session
Independent Scholars' EveningsSecond floor of The Moline Club
Thursdays at 7:00 p.m.
Events are free & open to the public
Refreshments are served before and after the event
February 2006
The Lion In Winter: Evergreen PoetsFebruary 9th
General Audience - Bring your favorite poems.February 16th
Quad Cities poet laureate Kathleen Lawless Cox.February 23rd
Dale Haake - Reading his new poems as well as his favorite poems.March 2006
March 2nd
Michael Wenskunas - Cherry Mine Disaster.History and the story of the Illinois mining disaster.
March 9th
The Rising: The end of the East India Company.Showing of the new release.
March 16th
St. Patrick’s Day celebration.Music and dancing.
March 23rd
"Werther" by GoetheDr. Kim Vivian, Prof of German, Augustana College.
March 30th
Lina Grady - Feng Shui in Landscaping and house construction.Certified Consultant in Traditional Compass School Feng Shui.
April 2006
April 6th
The Story of My MusicJoe Nobling will trace the history and background of his music.
April 20th
The Rising: The end of the East India Company.Discussion will be lead by Jacob Rayapati.
The movie is available at The Moline Club for personal viewing.
April 27th
Michael Wenskunas - Cherry Mine Disaster.History and the story of the Illinois mining disaster.
Presentation is the second in the series.
His interest in labor, work related issues, and the people behind the modern conveniences we take for granted brings his significant research to light during this time when mining disasters are prominent in the news.
May 2006
May 4th
Jacob Rayapati - Native American Heritage in Place NamesMay 11th
Open Session for ongoing work and support.May 18th
Open Session for ongoing work and support.May 25th
Open Session for ongoing work and support.Spring, 2007
Energy Balancing and Healing Stress Management Workshop 2007
“A Mind, Body, Spirit approach for Self-Healing using Energy Balancing Medicine”Event Hours:
Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2007 6:30-8:00pm
Wednesday, Mar.7, 2007 6:30-9:00pm
Topics Covered:
On Tuesday, Dr. Longworth will present:
A free demonstration and introduction of Self Healing using Energy Balancing Techniques.
On Wednesday, Dr. Longworth will present:
A Stress Reduction Workshop: “Using Energy Balancing Techniques for Self Healing”
Where: The Moline Club, 2nd floor 513 16th St. Moline, IL.
Ticket Information:
Tuesday’s event is FREE to the open public with the help and sponsorship of The Cultural and Healing Traditions, Ltd. Wednesday’s workshop is a special discounted rate of $35 / person.
Concessions:
We will have refreshments available for guests.
Private Appointments:
Dr. Longworth is available by private appointment from Mar.6-9th. Please call 309-762-9202 for scheduling information. A special rate of $50 per appointment applies. Payments go directly to Dr. Longworth.
February 2007
The Lion In Winter: Evergreen PoetsFebruary 15th
Kathleen Lawless Cox
will read her new poetry as well as from her new book "Citizens of the Earth."
February 22nd
Dale Haakewill read from his selection of his new and favorite poetry compositions.
NEW SPECIAL SATURDAYS
2.00 p.m.Also at The Moline Club, 2nd floor.
February 17th and February 24th
Review and discussions of the movie "The Secret."The movie reveals The Great Secret of the Universe, The Laws of Attraction and the new discoveries of Quantum Physics.
The movie was shown at our Scholar's Evening, November 30th 2006 and is available for in-house review.
The Independent Scholars’ Evenings are dedicated to area residents for their ongoing work.
Please call 762-9202 to schedule the presentation of your work.
The Lion In Winter
From February2005, and every succeeding February, we will review those evergreen writers in the literary forms they offer. These are the writers who defy speed reading... whose rich and invigorating words stand on their own accord. Like musical notes, the words interplay in our lives, exploring their attraction in as many ways as they can. Like music, it is the ability to listen that makes the attraction more keen and more finely refined, we read and reread the works in enjoyment, and with the art of listening. It is this art of listening that is in common with the writer and the reader.. To write well you must learn to listen. To read you must learn to listen.
Imaginative literature is about listening to a voice. A voice that is its very own, and like none other. A voice that speaks to you and to you alone. In private. It is this voice that you are communicating with, and which the artist / writer is communicating with you. There is a distinctive quality, partly because of the voice itself, and partly because of the interaction the voice has with your own voice. It is for you alone. The voice of the artist speaks to you. And, subsequently, to each individual separately. The details are merely matters of techniques. What is most important is that you hear the voice.
Writers don't just "hold, as 'twere, a mirror up to nature" by creating an imitation of life; they create a moment of life itself.
That is the the task, the art, the skill of the writer as an imaginative writer.. be it poetry or prose - to be able to stretch out and reach out to the reader and let it have, with the reader, a life of its own. Essentially it is this dual interaction, this two-way street...and that is what the skillful artist is able to achieve.. to arouse that exact note in the reader with the only tool on the canvas .. the voice. A voice that, in Coleridge's words, "contains in itself the reasons why it is so and not otherwise"
It is the skill of the writer to evoke, only with the voice on the canvas of a page, the images for the the interpretations of the reader as one listens to the overtones and the undertones, the disguises that reveal more than they cover up and their imbedded implications, the naturalness and the artificiality, the sound of the silences, the meanings of the unsaid, the nuances of what is said, the tone and the stress that lead the images, and the listeners. The reader can recognize the depth of a master.
To write well, the writer and poet has to listen well. To understand well the reader has to listen well.
Often we do not know, clearly, why we love certain poets. That is irrelevant. Like life, the listening is a skill that occurs at a unconscious or super-conscious plane. It is the refinement of the instinct that is finely tuned, and that increases the ability to listen well.
A good poem is hard to find, but when found the effect of it is to make you, the reader, more alive.
What are the reasons you love what you do? Why do you feel a poem is a good poem? It strikes a cord. We enjoy the poems, and luxuriate in their sound and in their voice, as we do in the grand idea of a symphony, or in a musical piece, individual and complete in itself, delighting the senses, stirring the intellect and stimulating the heart, uplifting the soul.
Once you find a good poem, and recognize it as such, frequently you will be reading the poem several times before beginning to understand it fully. It is not important to know why. 'Why' is an exploration reserved for those who wish to culture the skill of reaching out to the listener with the medium of voice on the canvas of a printed page. 'Why' and 'How' is the invigorating discovery of the writer and the pleasure in artistic freedom. That is the catch - the search for artistic freedom. Much has been written about that aspect, and many have searched hard and long for their artistic freedom, struggling through anarchy and confusion. Artistic freedom is anchored and has its own perimeters without which it is lost in limitless space. Artistic freedom is anchored in the discovery of the writer's own voice, which enables the individual and distinctive expression. The main question, then, is finding the voice. It is equally important to know what to do/ what to write, and what not to do/ what not to write. And when.
The fundamental question, then, is the " finding of the voice."
There is a resonance that all writers have, to know, instinctively, what is true and what is right. It is the correct note that is sounded. The correct note for which the writer has listened long and hard, learnt much and practiced through many pages till the instinct is finely tuned and the correct note soars in all its beauty. for the listening pleasure of the readers.
Does the exploration end after the voice is discovered? Hardly. There are the works of art that are enjoyed by the individual, both the writer and the reader, repeatedly over time, and then there are the works of art discovered anew by the individual, both the writer and the reader, to be delighted in and shared. A new voice, and, as all voices, a distinctive and unusual voice, true to its own self.
Those are the voices that deserve to be called "The Lion In Winter."
Intergrative Wholistic Healing
2006/2007 Events
The first weekend of December 2006:
2nd 3rd 4th and 5th. Tuesday morning.Dr. Prachi Garodia will be visiting our area.
For the lay community, Dr. Prachi Garodia will discuss:
1 - Eating according to the seasons and body type.
2 - Common spices used in Ayurveda.
For the Medical staff, Dr. Prachi Garodia will discuss:
Diseases and medical researches done on herbs:
Gugulu - for obesity and high cholesterol.
Tumeric - for inflammatory conditions.
2006 Integrative Wholistic Healing Retreat
3rd. Annual Retreat. Integrative Wholistic Healing - Retreat 2006Saturday: July 22nd. 2006
2nd. Floor of The Moline Club
513 16th Street Moline. IL 61265
"Integrative Pain Medicine for Chronic Pain."
1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.
Theory:
CHRONIC PAIN AND ITS EFFECT ON YOUR BODY AND MIND
2.30 break.
2.30 till 4.00 p.m
Workshop and Practical Application:
INTEGRATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING INJECTIONS, MEDICINE AND OTHER MODALITIES. COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES THAT CAN EASE YOUR PAIN.
Presented by Dr. Karuparthy M.D.
As a part of his innovative model of health care, Dr. Karuparthy has developed an Integrative educational seminar for chronic pain management.
Fee: 30.00 - includes refreshments.
CEU credits will be granted by University of Iowa . ( 0.5 credits) IBN Provider # 34.
Participants must attend the entire program to receive full credits.
Integrative Wholistic Healing - Retreat 2006
Thursday: June 15th 2006 and Friday: June 16th 20067.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.
2nd. Floor of The Moline Club
513 16th Street Moline. IL 61265
"Re-engineer" Yourself Mind, Body and Soul Workshop
} Are you feeling off track in your life in areas such as physical, emotional, spiritual, career and/or relationships?
Learn how to get your life the way it was originally designed. Learn how to balance all three phases of your life, physical, emotional and spiritual. Be a whole person again.
Understand what your body type is and what foods are suitable for your body. What is the food that maybe harmful to your body? Learn the benefits and skills of meditation.
The workshop will be presented by Madhu Vedak Sharma:
INTEGRATIVE WHOLISTIC HEALING RETREAT:
Ayurveda (Ayur means long life. Veda means wisdom)Ayurveda is The Wisdom of Long Life.
Saturday, Jan.13th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm:
Eating according to the seasons and body type.Effective control of Obesity, Depression, and Insomnia in Ayurveda.
Sunday, Jan. 14th 2007 2:00pm to 4:00pm:
How Ayurveda can assist in management of Allergies, Inflammation and Dietary disorders.Private Consultations with Arun Sahi Ph.D, M.Sc are available:
$50.00 per consultation.
Please call 309-762-9202 to schedule a consultation.
Payments go directly to Dr. Sahi.
About the Presenter:
Arun Sahi Ph.D, M.Sc is visiting us from Chicago, Illinois, where he has a practice in Ayurveda since 1997.
Prior to Chicago , Dr. Sahi had practiced Ayurveda in New York for 3 years and in India for 10 years.
He is a third generation Ayurvedic doctor.
Event is held at The Moline Club 2nd Floor.
513 16th Street, Moline
Refreshments will be available.
The event is sponsored by The Institute for Cultural and Healing Traditions, Ltd. and is free and open to the public.
April 2007 - SPECIAL
Dr. Prachi GarodiaDecember, 2006 visit was cancelled due to winter blizzard.
Event will re-schedule April 28th and 29th, 2007. Details to follow.
