Does anyone feel the collective pulse of the world calming slightly, or is that just wishful thinking? In many ways the to-do lists have gotten longer but we hope there may be some less expected items on there this month – like, “make an imperfect but fun attempt at baking a Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake” or “commit …
We want to kick this newsletter off with a massive thank you! Thank you to all the playwrights, actors, directors, designers, artists, facilitators, ASL interpreters, consultants, attendees, donors and supporters that helped Nightwood’s first digital Groundswell Festival thrive! Please click here to view our Social Distancing Care Package for week thirty-seven.
From November 10-20 our Groundswell Festival goes digital, offering an invitation inside the creative process with readings of brand new works from our Write From The Hip playwright’s unit, led by Program Director Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, as well as opportunities to gather for provocative conversations and workshops. This season’s festival, designed for Zoom by Michelle Tracey, will share new …
This Monday we share the first statutory holiday since the second wave began in Ontario, and we recognize that celebrating a holiday that is embraced by many as a moment to give thanks and share in the abundance of harvest while in the midst of a destabilizing pandemic can feel… challenging. Whether you hold Thanksgiving …
Chalk it up to the draw of the calendar, or to our deep systemic conditioning, but something about September can incite a craving for freshly sharpened pencils and big ideas. While this time of social distancing has certainly had many of us questioning the toxic hyper-productivity of the “before time”, there is something that feels …
The globe has experienced a collective wake up and feminists are expressing a call to lead the way to a re-imagined future. Please click here to view our Social Distancing Care Package for week twenty-three.
What is the best way to go about education during a global pandemic? How do we even talk about it outside of facts and recommendations? How do we really discuss it without delving deeply into fear or swinging too far into willful blindness? As a company led by two mothers of school-aged children, contending with …
2020 has brought a great deal of sudden, immense change. There is the feeling of a massive paradigm shift as we challenge the way the world has operated and what we have prioritized up until now. This kind of tidal change is unstoppable and innately incites growth. It demands that we keep up. It is …
We are living in a time of tremendous energy and vital action. We are emboldened by the Black Lives Matter movement and though much of the world pushes to resume life as it was before the pandemic, we must remain vigilant in our desire for social justice and to prioritize human safety and dignity. Endurance …
This time of social distancing has asked us to live so outside of the well-worn grooves of “normal life” that it has transformed our expectations of what can and cannot be done. Please click here to view our Social Distancing Care Package for week fifteen.