Join Valentina Ortiz and Maggid Jim Brulé as we dive deeply into the world of indigenous Mexican stories, filled with magical realism and parallel worlds.

This class gives storytellers and non-storytellers the tools to uncover and explore the deeper meanings found in traditional narratives. Exploring stories from Hungary, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Eastern Europe, and India, students begin by dissecting stories, their symbols and metaphors. After uncovering the first “obvious” set of meanings, they then consider alternative storylines and impacts. […]

In this series, we create together a safe and intimate space to explore stories about death and grief, what they mean to us, and the reactions and feelings they spark within. The classes will be led by Rebecca Lemaire and Maggid Jim Brulé.

Fred Mindlin and Maggid Jim Brulé explore personal and traditional stories about the power of names: names that are hidden, proclaimed, and changed. Come prepared to learn about the power of names - including your own! - and how that power is shared through storytelling. Tickets range from $15 - $70; more info and registration […]

In this class, we will enter the flourishing forest of the Mabinogion, that Welsh story cycle of transformation, wandering, and repair of the relations between ourselves and the Otherworld. We will encounter a cauldron of re-birth, women who transform themselves into animals, a wandering king, and a horse-goddess who cannot be caught. The classes will […]

Encounter the ways and stories of the First People on Turtle Island and all their relatives, as we dive deeply into the values and lessons that are carried by them.