Fiddling, Poetry, and a Play Reading at Willowtail Springs
Ken Waldman Performance
Saturday, May 13, 3 pm, at Willowtail Springs (before Hoedown)
Ken Waldman combines old-time Appalachian-style fiddling, original poetry, and smart storytelling for a performance uniquely his. Here, at a benefit show for Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center, in addition to some popular favorites, he'll share some environmental poems he rarely shares, and will also debut an original poem and an original waltz, both composed for Willowtail Springs. RSVP: peggy@willowtail.org or 970-560-0333. Donations to the Residency Scholarship program will be greatly appreciated.
Blossom Johnson, Navajo Playwright
Monday, May 15, 6 pm, at Willowtail Springs
Rehearsal and performance reading of a play she wrote last year at Willowtail
OUR LEGENDARY MOTHER
By Blossom Johnson
Cast: Colleen Biakeddy and Noralynn James
June is a hoarder, weaver, pottery maker and a plant medicine extraordinaire battling stage four ovarian cancer who hopes to pass down knowledge to Sage before time runs out. Sage, a niece, helps June go through family heirlooms and artifacts to create a family archive. June slowly reveals the magical secrets she has been holding onto. Sage is eager to learn about the hidden magic of her family, but she must find a way to accept who she is to understand k’é, because k’é helps her understand how she fits in the universe.
RSVP: peggy@willowtail.org or 970-560-0333. Donations appreciated.
Willowtail Springs is located on Diné Bí Kéyah, traditional Navajo land, near the escarpment of the northern sacred mountain, Dibé Ntsaa. It is also part of the open range of the Ute people, now living on the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Tribal Allotment reservations to the southwest and southeast. Additionally, Mesa Verde and the surrounding lands in Montezuma County and the Four Corners Region were occupied by the Ancestral Puebloan People a thousand years ago. We honor the past, present, and future indigenous people residing in this region and recognize them as long standing stewards of this land, amplifying our work by their historical presence and their living contributions to land preservation efforts across this region.
