Join us on Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 at 7 PM Eastern Time for our annual winter solstice gathering, hosted by Seema Reza.
This evening will feature poetry and creative expression that invite us to reflect on light and darkness in our lives.
This year’s performers include:
- Ryan Artes
- Dina Friedman
- Raychelle Heath
- Dave Murphy
- Michelle Murray
- Martha Pederson
- Debbie Reeves
- Sarah Sullivan
- Steve Watson
Following the reading, stay for a special visual art experience. Please note that if you usually attend our Wednesday Visual Arts Workshop, please RSVP for this event in its place so you can participate in our post-reading art session.
About the Host
Seema Reza is the author of the books A Constellation of Half-Lives and When the World Breaks Open. She is the CEO of Mission Belonging, a non-profit organization that brings workshops led by professional artists to service members, veterans, and clinicians. An alumnus of Goddard College and VONA, Reza has taught poetry in classrooms, jails, hospitals, and universities. She was a 2019 Stand-to Veteran Leadership Fellow at the George W. Bush Institute and the 2023 Pauli Murray Art for Racial Justice Fellow at the Antiracism Research and Policy Center at American University. Reza’s writing has been widely anthologized and has appeared in the Washington Post, McSweeney’s, The LA Review, LitHub, and Electric Literature among others.
