Events that bring us together
Trust in the Life Forces of Unity
Sunday, November 8
1 pm – 4 pm PST
In Gallery Commonweal and on Zoom
$25 suggested donation, no one turned away
Orland Bishop and Host Jaune Evans
Join us as we welcome back visionary healer and community leader Orland Bishop for a conversation in ritual space with Host Jaune Evans.
Evolving in the Wonderment with Visiting Scholar Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
January - March 2027
Reimagining the Future
Gallery Exhibit Oct 1 - Jan 24
The Poem as This Moment’s Response
Sunday, December 6
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm PST
In Gallery Commonweal and on Zoom
$25 suggested donation, no one turned away
Jane Hirshfield and Host Michael Lerner
As the winter solstice approaches—a time for contemplation, exchange, and renewal—and Commonweal nears the end of our 50th year celebrations, this conversation with Jane Hirshfield and Host Michael Lerner will attend to how we might best address ourselves to the invitations of precipice and turn: with a spirit of permeability, imagination, and embrace of change.
Evolving in the Wonderment
Sunday, January 17
1 pm – 2:30 pm PST
In Gallery Commonweal and on Zoom
$25 suggested donation, no one turned away
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Host Irwin Keller
Join winter 2027 Visiting Scholar Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Host Rabbi Irwin Keller to talk about her new poetry, new book of poems The Wonderment (Wildhouse Poetry 2026), and the worldview that inspires her work and creativity.
Inhabiting the Wonderment
Wednesday, January 20
1 pm – 4 pm PST
In-person only
Join us at Commonweal
$50 suggested donation, no one turned away
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
In this poetry playshop, join winter 2027 Visiting Scholar Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer to steep ourselves in what is here, inviting other perspectives and using all our senses to explore our aliveness. Our time together will include self-reflective writing, reading and conversing about poems, guided invitations to launch into poetic explorations of your own, conversations about process, and optional sharing.
Exploring the Wonder of It All: An Evening of Poetry and Music
Saturday, January 23
2 pm – 4 pm PST
In Gallery Commonweal and on Zoom
$25 suggested donation, no one turned away
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and Kayleen Asbo
Join us for an evening of poetry, song, piano, and storytelling with poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, accompanied by pianist Kayleen Asbo. Kayleen is composing four original pieces for the four gates of wonder Rosemerry identifies in her new book The Wonderment—The Opening, The Noticing, The Deepening, and The Belonging.