GOTHIC WINTERLAND with Sound Bath and Exquisite Tales of the Unexpected

For the final session of MANY joyful ones this semester, where we have gotten to know more than a thousand of you amazing people, Scarlet Arts Rx is pleased to present for your entertainment a Friday the 13th-themed GOTHIC WINTERLAND event with a beautiful, glowing sound bath by CAPS therapist, FLOW artist and sound healer Reyna Namaste, as well as the uber-talented Rutgers Creative Writing Professor Alex Dawson and his 5 of his amazing students/alumni who will be reading.

FREE event, no registration! Share and bring all your friends, your dorm floor, your roommates! Open to the entire community, including Rutgers faculty, staff, administrators, and local community!

Biographies:

REYNA NAMASTE is a gifted multi-instrumental sound healer, channeling transformative energies to bring harmony and healing to diverse spaces. Her sound healing sessions create sanctuaries of peace, offering participants a unique journey of relaxation and renewal. Reyna has shared her talents at institutions like Rutgers University, where she provided sound healing experiences for both students and staff, fostering tranquility within demanding environments. Whether working with individuals or groups, her sessions are deeply attuned to the needs of those she serves, guiding them toward balance and self-discovery through the power of sound.Rooted in compassion and a holistic approach, Reyna’s sound healing practice embraces the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit, making each session a transformative and restorative experience. Reyna is also a CAPS therapist and FLOW artist at Rutgers.

ALEX DAWSON is full time faculty at Rutgers University, where he teaches creative writing (with a focus on folklore, weird fiction, and the dark fantastic), curates/hosts “Inside the Writers House,” a weekly video chat with acclaimed authors from all over the world, and leads fable-fueled Study Abroad programs to some of the planet’s most mythical places. His forthcoming novel, Welcome to White Hart, has been called “magical and masterful” (Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword) and “a work of wizardry” (Idra Novey, Those Who Knew). Samantha Hunt (Mr. Splitfoot) called it a “wonder” and said it was “impossible not to be amazed,” and Kevin Wilson (Nothing to See Here) said “in a perfect world, this would be the story we told our loved ones at Christmas.” He is the creator/owner (w. Julian Lance) of The Rac-On-Tour, a mobile bookstore/cabinet of wonder built on the back of a ’53 International flatbed farm truck (which lives in Highland Park), and he curates/hosts R.O.T. Fest, a bi-monthly vaudevillian variety show that puts writers on stage alongside musicians, puppeteers, and sideshow performers. He is currently touring with The Devil and Daisy Dirt, an original bluegrass musical about the Jersey Devil, which features an 8′ wearable puppet. Find out more about at it https://thedevilanddaisydirt.blogspot.com/.

The students/alumni who are reading: Nicole Weaver, Julian Lance, Luna Fall, Michaela Shwab, and Aidan Broadbent.

Location: Kirkpatrick Chapel (College Ave Campus).  https://kirkpatrickchapel.rutgers.edu/