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October 2024

West African Drumming

Enter into the exciting polyrhythmic music of West Africa. Participants will learn the history, technique and tradition of West African percussion instruments such as the djembe, sangban, kenkeni, dununba and shekere. No previous experience needed. Repeat visits are encouraged to learn all the parts of a traditional West African rhythm. Instruments provided for up to 10 participants. Or, you can […]
03 Oct
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The Joy of Salsa

Rutherfordton Food, Art, & Brew is excited to present this six week beginner-to-intermediate level Salsa Dance Class, hosted by Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center and led by Charlie O’Connor. Funding for this class comes from a Meta Community Action Grant and a NC Arts Council Grassroots Grant. This class is open to students age 16 and up and is being offered at no cost for the first 20 people […]
02 Oct
6:00 am - 7:30 pm
July 2024

Arts, Ecology & Circus Camp 2024

Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center is repeating its much beloved day camp for youth, ages 8 to 14! Educational and recreational programming will run from Monday through Friday, then family and friends are invited to a performance event and community dinner on Saturday evening to experience what the kids learned during the week. Instructional programs run from 9 to […]
22 - 26 Jul
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Basic Life Support + First Aid Training

Basic Life Support (BLS) + First Aid training helps participants recognize and respond appropriately to first aid emergencies, sudden illness, cardiac arrest with the use of CPR and an AED and life threatening bleeding and acute trauma using basic and intermediate medical intervention skills and equipment. Participants will gain knowledge and skills needed to give immediate care to an injured […]
13 Jul
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
June 2024

Breathe to Bloom – June 18th

“How we breathe is how we live”- unknown author. Breathing is the one automatic function in our body that we have control over. This life giving elixir that we can use to expand our capacity, our aliveness and our freedom. Revelation Breathwork is an active style of breathing that gets you out of the mind and into the body helping […]
18 Jun
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Dreaming Stone
Dreaming Stone
May 2024

Understanding Biochar

We are postponing this event until the fall. We look forward to offering more wonderful educational and cultural programs and encourage you to check our program line up often. Biochar is at once a tool for managing woody landscape waste and is also a direct means of sequestering carbon, all while increasing the fertility of your soils for many years […]
05 May
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
December 2023

Conflict is Renewable Energy: a Conflict Transformation Workshop

Conflict happens!  In many ways, the only way we build trust in cooperatives is through conflict, through how we repair when we rupture. The word conflict means “to strike together,” a friction that throws a hot spark into the room. The energy of fire can burn us or warm us, it’s a disturbance that can destroy like a wildfire or […]
02 - 03 Dec
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Dreaming Stone
Dreaming Stone
November 2023

West African Drumming

Enter into the exciting polyrhythmic music of West Africa. Participants will learn the history, technique and tradition of West African percussion instruments such as the djembe, sangban, kenkeni, dununba and shekere. No previous experience needed. Repeat visits are encouraged to learn all the parts of a traditional West African rhythm. Instruments provided for up to 10 participants. Or, you can […]
16 Nov
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
October 2023

Free The Moving Body

Start Date is Changing to Oct 2nd!  We are all moving bodies that long for freedom. This dance class provides simple and delicious ways to release tension and deepen into mindful connection with ourselves and the ground. This includes spiraling stretches – good for our muscles and our myofascial layer; strength building – that supports strong alignment; and repetitive fluid […]
30 Oct
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
September 2023

Collective Effervescence: Contact Improv Retreat

This event is full! Please reach out to dreamingstonenc@gmail.com if you want to be added to to the waitlist. Also, You may sign up for notices for future events within the footer of this page.  Gather for the first Contact Improvisation Retreat at Dreaming Stone’s new dance space and retreat center in the foothills of western NC with special teaching artist, […]
22 - 24 Sep
6:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Kalimba Workshop with Dance of Hope

Food, Art and Brew presents this free workshop by Dance of Hope!   Connect with friends from Uganda and learn how to play the Kalimba. Learn this traditional East African instrument, often referred to as the thumb piano, and experience the lulling soundscapes of  these melodic handmade instruments. Kalimbas will be provided. No experience needed. Register in advance at this […]
09 Sep
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
July 2023

Art, Ecology and Circus Camp: July 10th – 15th

Full and partial scholarships are available for residents of Rutherford County! You can find a scholarship application here. We still have a few volunteer shifts to cover, so please consider plugging in and helping these campers have a positive camp experience.  You can find our volunteer needs and sign up here. Please contact dreamingstonenc@gmail.com with questions.  Dreaming Stone Arts and […]
10 - 14 Jul
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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