PLAYGROUND ETIQUETTE PRESENTS: A SUNRISE BEACH READING

Join us on Sunday morning, October 5th, for a sunrise beach reading featuring Angel Bouquet, Maya Odim, and Surinder Martignetti, three local Chicago artists and writers! Make sure to bring a blanket or beach chair for this sandy reading. No RSVP required. Just bring yourself, friends, and yummy, morning treats.

After our reading, we will venture to a nearby diner for breakfast together, if you wish to join! For any additional questions, please see the contact page.

MORE ABOUT OUR FEATURED READERS:

Angel Bouquet (they/them) is a queer, trans writer and librarian with a Scorpio moon. Their hobbies include reading tarot cards, playing D&D, thinking about the homoerotic tension between Jesus and his disciples, and collage.

Maya Odim is rooted where writing and dance meet, with a practice rooted in recitation, writing, and movement, Maya explores how words move and what bodies they are a part of. Maya received honorable mention in the 2024 Ruth Weiss Foundation Poetry Competition, has self published poetry and been published in part in the Performance Response Journal and the Chicago DanceMakers Forum Blog and received a Chicago Performance Lab residency, summer 2025. Maya is a Poet in Residence with the Chicago Poetry Center and lectures at the University of Chicago & Roosevelt University. If the music is right, you'll catch Maya in the cypher (with a pen, in tennis shoes or barefoot). 

Surinder Martignetti holds a BA in Dance and Theater and a Graduate Diploma in Education from Western Sydney University in Australia. She also holds a Masters Degree in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management from Columbia College Chicago. Surinder has deep knowledge of the Chicago dance, performing arts and museum fields and she now is founder and lead connector at Connect the Dots Projects and consulting, a bespoke arts and humanities agency. Other career highlights include; See Chicago Dance in various program management capacities for over 10 years, roles with The Gate Way Foundation, Chicago Dancing Festival, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Ideas Week and The International Music Foundation. She has experience in Project and Production Management, Artistic practice, Education, Grant writing, Accounting, and through Connect the Dots, Surinder mentors and facilitates conversations with artists of all disciplines to aid them in taking the next step in their career or project. She has worked with  artists of all disciplines including; Along with her life as an arts administrator and mentor, she is a dancer, jewelry maker, poet, and storyteller and also performs under the alias Miss Mittens.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.


**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.


**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.


**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.


**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.


**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.


**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.


**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.


**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.


**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Every Monday, Movement Philosophy will gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion!! (imo))), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent!

We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

Sliding scale of $5-25.
Space is limited to 8, so RSVP!
RSVP is also necessary to send out arrival instructions, what we will be reading, and other important information prior to the workshop.



**If needing certain mobility accommodations, please email the event organizer.

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

into (preposition): expressing movement or action with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else. 

An invitation into your own belonging: belonging to self, belonging in relationships, belonging to creativity. IN//TO (in)to is a durational performance, an interactive ritual, and a place to come and rest. We cannot dream up another world in isolation. We grow in connection. We must dream alongside each other. Let love crack us open.

Join me for my thesis performance at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago April 6th. The event is free and open to the public. All guests must show a state-issued ID upon entry.

For more information, please visit The IMPACT Festival Page here.

An afternoon mini-symposium as part of Chris Reeves and Lauren Sudbrink’s Unlearning Exercises! Hosted at Roots & Culture! Come join this free event where I will share some words and thoughts alongisde Alden Burke, Alekandandra Walaskzek, and Alex Bradley Cohen.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

**PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED**

Every hero has an origin story: the explanation of childhood events and culture, and how that made them who they are. A mash-up of family, religion, community, expression. But what is the origin story of our own beginning? How do we separate what doesn’t serve us and merge with what’s possible?

What are the things that we need to acknowledge from our own religious and familial upbringing that harmed us? Are there things that we have assumed are part of our character, but really they were part of a cultural system of trauma? What do we do when we realize we don’t align with those practices/beliefs/family members anymore? What can we do with those toxic beliefs and can we maybe replace them in our lives?

Join Emily Bartlett P-RDT, TTT (she/her) and Madison Mae Parker (she/her) on February 26th from 10 am- 4pm in Kansas City to explore your origin story and how it is informed by your family, and your family’s religious practices. We will begin the process of detangling the parts of ourselves from the parts that were formed through church trauma and toxic beliefs.

Space is limited. Cost is $75 with lunch and supplies included. Scholarships available- email b.hivetheatre@gmail.com inquire.