Search

  • Search

  • Filter by Type

  • Filter by Speaker

  • Sort

  • Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher with Host Serena Bian

    The Courage to Love: Building Community through the Work that Reconnects

    Join host Serena Bian in conversation with Anne and Terry Symons-Bucher, founders of Canticle Farm, a land-based community in Oakland, California, Inspired by Franciscan spirituality and Joanna Macy’s body of teachings known as the Work That Reconnects.

  • Rachel Remen and Host Irwin Keller

    Life Wisdom from a Lifelong Healer

  • Manik Khan and Nilan Chaudhuri

    An Afternoon of Indian Classical Music

    Join us for the third in a series of sacred music celebrations at Commonweal, this time with Manik Khan (sarod) and Nilan Chaudhuri (tabla). Held at the solstice and equinox, the concerts—and gatherings afterward—are designed to bring people together in a convivial setting around music which delights, inspires, and elevates the soul. 

  • Francis Weller and Host Jaune Evans

    Medicine for the Long Dark: Reading, Conversation, Ritual

    Join us as we explore the medicine we need for the Long Dark, the medicine we bring to the Long Dark, and surprisingly, the medicine we find in the Long Dark. The event will include a reading from Francis, a conversation between Francis and Jaune, and a participatory grief ritual for the community. 

  • Christine Tulis

    Opening the Gate of the Heart: An Afternoon of Celtic Harp

    Join us for a special concert of original sacred music to free your imagination and open your heart to the celestial sounds of the Celtic harp. Christine Tulis will share songs inspired by the poetry of Rumi, other mystical saints, and her personal inner experiences. 

  • Susan Page Tillett

    The Labyrinth Within: A Metaphor for Our Life’s Journey

    In the sacred geometry of the Commonweal Labyrinth—designed and built by alumni of our Commonweal Cancer Help Program—discover how the simple act of placing one foot before the other becomes a meditation on patience, trust, and letting go.

  • Shodo Harada Roshi and Host Michael Lerner

    The Way of the Buddha

    Join us for a unique and precious experience of the Buddhist truth, the Buddhist way, and the Buddhist community with Shodo Harada Roshi--a long-time friend of the Commonweal community.

  • Rako Fabionar and Host Cassandra Ferrera

    Liberating Places

    Join Host Cassandra Lynn Ferrera with Rako Fabionar as they share about how they are personally and professionally engaging in place-based liberation work—and how the kinds of wayfinding and inhabited learning they are exploring to grow and deepen kinship might be of service to other place-based and bioregional projects.

  • Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist

    Walk, Dream, Write: Writing Workshop 

    Join us for writing, dreaming, and discussion about the earth around us in this culminating event with our spring 2025 visiting scholar Craig Chalquist.

  • Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist with Host Susan Grelock Yusem

    Dreaming the Soul of the Earth: Re-imagination as a Remedy for Our Times

    Join TNS Host Susan Grelock Yusem in conversation with Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist about how we can approach land with curiosity and how we can work with our imagination to re-envision our relationship with the land all around us. 

  • Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist

    Land All Around Us: Imagination as a Tool of Wisdom and Transformation

    During his 3-month residency at The New School, Craig Chalquist invited us all to explore how imagination has been used in many times and cultures as a path toward redemptive, transformative knowledge and new practice. In this first event with Craig, meet him, learn how imagination has been used in various traditions as a source of wisdom and change-making, and begin a process that continued through his residency.

  • People and Land

    Grow a Resilient and Earth-Centered Worldview with Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist

  • Yeye Luisah Teish with Host Cassandra Fererra

    The Plants Know, but Do We? Healing Ourselves by Healing the Earth

    Join us for conversation and a ritual on the Commonweal land with author and spiritual advisor Yeye Teish and host Cassandra Ferrera, director of Commonweal’s Center for Ethical Land Transition.

  • David Sheff and Host Steve Heilig

    Yoko

  • Deborah Koff-Chapin

    Songbath Sanctuary