Abel Brainz Digest, Vol. 80. - August pt. 2, 2025
Hello from Oklahoma!!
I hope August is going well for everyone! Lots of ins and outs ahead so let's get to it.
what a (re)treat
The Chara Community Improv Retreat was an amazing event that brought together an amazing group of people and I was honored to be a part of it. The next one is focusing on musical improv and will be taught/led by Joel Camargo and Justin Geer. If you're interested or have questions, please email Rejini at rejinisamuel@gmail.com.
cool improv stuff
Holy shnikes!!! Your Favorite Improv Gym will be open next week at St. Paul UMC on the following dates
Monday, 8/25 - 8-10pm Fellowship Hall (upstairs)
Wednesday, 8/27 - 11a - 2pm Fellowship Hall (upstairs)
8p-10p Chester Commons (where Your Favorite Jam is)
Thursday, 8/28 - 8p-10p Chester Commons (where Your Favorite Jam is)
Here's how it works:
Sign up for as many, or as few, of the times that you like. Also, if you can't stay the full 3 hours, that's all good! Just be sure to note what time you can be there. We're going to be doing scenes and notes and scenes and notes with some exercises sprinkled in.
Sign up HERE
And pay HERE or via Zelle (via abelarias81@gmail.com) cost is $25
Please do both since your spot isn't held until payment is received
If you can't make it next week and are still interested, please fill out this form or just sign up for upcoming dates which are TBD
your favorite improv class
It's back, baybee! It's still on Thursdays from 8-10pm at St. Paul UMC. If you haven't already, please fill out THIS FORM.
Here are the dates:
Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25*
October 2, 9, 16, 23*
* Class showcase at Your Favorite Improv Jam
$125 each session and you can pay HERE or via Zelle (via abelarias81@gmail.com)
Class caps at 10 people.
Hit me up with questions!
cool resilient stuff
I have recently been plugging in more. And by that I mean I've been staying present with my family, and my friends. With genocide happening and this country sinking deeper into a fascist state, it's easy to get bogged down. I read this George Orwell quote he wrote in response to why he felt Britons resisted Fascism and the Nazis so tenaciously and it gave me some inspiration and hope:
We are a nation of flower-lovers, but also a nation of stamp-collectors, pigeon-fanciers, amateur carpenters, coupon-snippers, darts-players, crossword-puzzle fans. All the culture that is most truly native centres round things which even when they are communal are not official – the pub, the football match, the back garden, the fireside and the ‘nice cup of tea’. The liberty of the individual is still believed in, almost as in the nineteenth century. But this has nothing to do with economic liberty, the right to exploit others for profit. It is the liberty to have a home of your own, to do what you like in your spare time, to choose your own amusements instead of having them chosen for you from above.
That's it for me!
Thoughts? Questions? Hit me up!
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Much love,
Abel