SONG CIRCLE & RITUAL W/ALEXANDRA "AHLAY" BLAKELY,
RABBI JERICHO VINCENT & MIRIAM RUBIN in partnership with TEMPLE OF THE STRANGER
please note the address: 338 Moffat St UNIT L BK 11237 (#4 bell)
LOCATION
Rakit Club
338 Moffat St, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA
DATE & TIME
February 21, 2024
Doors 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Ritual 7-7:30pm
Song Container 7:30-9:30pm
join ahlay as she shares songs from the albums SPELLS FROM THE UNKNOWN and SPELLS FROM THE SHADOWS in a very unique and special evening in collaboration with Rabbi Jericho Vincent and Miriam Rubin of Temple of the Stranger. The evening will be a combination of ritual, calling in and singing to the Mekonenet.
this is a live participatory singing adventure.
absolutely no experience required.
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limited tickets available
tickets $22-$66 sliding scale
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Doors 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM (arrive and settle in)
Ritual 7-7:30pm
Song Container 7:30-9:30pm
*children welcome to play on the periphery of circle or join the circle in singing (please be mindful of distractions when facilitator is teaching)
*please stay home if you are feeling under the weather or showing cold/flu symptoms
more about ahlay:
ahlay (alexandra blakely) is a dreamer of Whale, Tsunami, and Rain, an apprentice to Lightning and Fire, an artist, singer-songwriter, community organizer and soul guide in training. She is a descendent of Ashkenazi, Scandinavian and British folk and a commitment to breaking the cycles of intergenerational trauma both caused and endured by her ancestors. This commitment unfolds through the mediums of authentic relationship, song and storytelling, ritual and spell casting in ways that acknowledge our varied and intricate histories and identities, emphasizing a devotion to remembering our symbiotic relationship within the natural world.
ahlay has been deeply involved in community activism, communal grief tending and community singing. She is a lifelong student of decolonization, anti-racism and her ancestral deracination preceeding their diasporas. She gets curious about how the individual psyche, embodiment, shadow and trauma responses can be applied to collective and cultural bodies. She has trained with generative somatics, Education for Racial Equity, Animas Valley Institute, The Work that Reconnects, Holistic Resistance, Francis Weller and Laurence Cole. Her community singing albums encapsulate songs for the community to transform, ask questions, and seek to lead lives in service to the future ones. Her upcoming 2024 community singing album, WAILS: Songs for Grief was recorded in July 2023 with a choir of 200 voices.
More about Jericho:
Rabbi Jericho Vincent is the founder and spiritual leader of Temple of the Stranger, a mystical community rooted in Jewish ancestral wisdom and open to all. They teach Torah on Instagram @thealef. Raised in a rabbinic ultra-Orthodox family, they hold a master's degree from Harvard University and are ordained in the spiritual lineage of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Jericho, a recent Atra Rabbinic Entrepreneurship Fellow, has been named to the Jewish Week's 36 Under 36 and The Forward's Forward 50 for their work.
More about Miriam:
Miriam Rubin is a community ceremonialist, rite of passage guide, somatic healer, and a spiritual midwife of the Great Turning. Miriam officiates life cycle events, drum birthing ceremonies, youth and adult rite of passage ceremonies, and offers somatic support through life's transitions. She brings her gifts in service to many communities in the NY area and Hudson Valley, including Temple of the Stranger, Wayfinders on the Hudson, and Web of Life NY Community. Miriam is a 4th generation New Yorker living on Lenapehoking Territory. Stay connected and get involved Follow Miriam at @miriams.wellness @weboflifecommunity.nyc @templeofthestranger