What is the work of cultural organizers in these times? How do we dream a world beyond crisis and collapse?
We are engaging these questions in the following programs. More thoughts below…
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A beautiful 90 sec video about our summer camp!
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Please share this video on your platforms to help us spread the word about camp.. or help more folks learn who we are.
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Art, Ecology, and Circus Camp!!
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In partnership with Rutherford Outdoor Coalition
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We are repeating our much-beloved day camp for youth, ages 8 to 14! Camp activities run Mon – Fri, 9 to 2 pm, with optional afternoon activities till 5 pm. Then, family and friends are invited to a performance event and community dinner on Saturday evening. Get your tickets today!
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Join us August 19th – 23rd as we nurture community and build resilience amid the intersecting crises of our time.
We’ll spend 5 days charting a wilder path together through storytelling, skill-sharing, songs, ritual, and homegrown feasts.
Come meet some of our most beloved and trusted colleagues. Together, we will experiment in creating a culture attuned to the land, our bodies, the collective, and sacred presence.
More info to come, but mark your calendar and plan to join us. Learn more here.
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Revive your spirit at an upcoming event!
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Tomorrow, April 15th @ 5:30
with Emily Perkins
This Revelation Breathwork practice is an active style of breathing that takes you out of the mind and into the body, enabling cathartic release and often leading to profound peace and physical ease. This practice is open to all participants. Learn more and sign up here
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We’re excited to offer this special event for our community. Mr Cooper’s exquisite voice and mastery of the piano will feed your spirit! Warren’s message will uplift and center us in Love. Space is Limited. Get your tickets today!
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This free event centers on the Celtic holiday and honor the folk traditions that connect us to the land. You can expect to learn some history and songs, participate in a planting ritual, and/or the Maypole ceremony. Hang out into the night with a potluck and stories around a bonfire. Learn more and RSVP!
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Help us ready our garden!
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We need your help in the garden. Your support will feed future program participants and help us direct garden surplus to food-insecure households. We have a range of tasks for different physical abilities or technical skills. Let us know if you can come!
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2026 Contact Improvisation Events
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This practice can only be accompanied by a sensitive, seasoned improviser. We are thrilled to have Joel Karabo Elliot supporting this beloved practice of deep listening and spontaneous compostion. The Underscore is preceded by an optional class, taught by Jessican Damon, and a lunch potluck. Come for part or all of the day. Space is limited so please register in advance!
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Join this open-level retreat weekend is co-taught by Emily Liptow and Michele Torino Hower. Together, we will practice rooting into ground and our own centers to cultivate the capacity to emerge, fly, expand, and connect with others. This potent container will nourish and inspire your movement practice and widen your CI community. A great way to start your summer! Learn more and register here!
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Take a four-day immersive dive into the fundamental skills, concepts, and techniques of Contact Improvisation. I am co-facilitating this event with Toni Craige and am thrilled to be teaching again and offering the gems from my 25 years of practice. Anyone may enter as a beginner and build a foundation for a lifetime of play. Or, come to deepen an existing practice, enjoy delicious meals and swimming in a river. Learn more and register!
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with Magi King on Mondays
5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Join this invigorating weekly class with a beloved local teacher. Relieve stress while building strength and mobility. You are welcome to drop in anytime. Bring a yoga mat if you have one, or we can provide. Learn more here
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with Jay Beck
Thursdays, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Find the pleasure of polyrhythms and the cultural power of call and response. Learn the technique and tradition of West African Drumming. No previous experience required. Bring a drum, or use one of ours. SIGN UP HERE
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with Charlie O’Connor
Tuesdays, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Have fun while learning the fundamentals of Salsa! Learn specific steps and patterns that will help you feel more confident on the dance floor for the monthly salsa socials at Tryon. SIGN UP HERE
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Thanks to our Community of Support!
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We couldn’t accomplish all this without you!
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Support us by hosting your 2026 event here!
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You can support Dreaming Stone’s mission by having your event on our campus. We offer a limited number of weekends to aligned groups who want space to gather & retreat.
Enjoy our 1,500 sq ft round event space, spacious kitchen, living quarters, and stunning library. We have 5 to 10 beds available, and beautiful land and abundant utilities support campers. Host your next memorable and meaningful event at Dreaming Stone!
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Keep re-membering and reconnecting!
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This is a time of unraveling. The threats against land and people are nothing new, but now it feels like we’re pedal to the metal, heading off the cliff. How has it gotten this bad? How will we manage as it gets worse?
When grotesque profit is gained through war, state terror, and the desecration of our land… When children’s futures are stolen, maimed, or cut short, we have a duty to let ourselves be unsettled. How do we hold ourselves and hold each other as we do this messy work of living and offering our gifts in these times?
I am grateful for the many wisdom traditions, faith narratives, social movements, and land-centered traditional cultures that teach about a “good life”, about abundance found through reverence, reciprocity, and restraint. The “good life” that we need has nothing to do with prosperity, comfort, or convenience. We must break this fever of entitlement and dominance that only increases premature deaths and reclaim the medicine of care, cooperation, and community.
We are looking for that medicine in our “A Wilder Way” event and most of our programs. Join when you can.
We are so grateful that you are part of our community, and we hope our work offers hope and sheds light on your path.
Enduringly,
Tevyn East
Pronouns: She/Her (what’s this?)
Executive Director
Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center
dreamingstone.org
@dreaming.stone.aec
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