If you're familiar with the Beats, you may have thought how cool it would have been to have experienced some of the legendary coffeehouses back in the day where avant-garde readings, music and discussions took the place of TV and bland conformity.
Something of that flavor will be offered up in a series of events sponsored by Stillpoint, the commune mentioned in the "Weird Colorado" chapter Personalized Properties and Innovative Environments.
Years after the commune's late master, Chinese classics translator, teacher and "Taoist rogue" Gia-fu Fung, passed on, Stillpoint today is fostering community through the humanities. Not only on the 166-acre sanctuary still dotted with quirky, hand-built cabins in the Wet Mountains, but elsewhere.
That means food for the head and heart, through readings, music, discussions, author talks and more.
Coming is a Summer Literary Series, with readings by various local authors on June 15, July 20 and August 17, all between 4-6 p.m. at one of Colorado's most unique cafes -- Healing Tea, a combination of tea house, Korean diner and Organ Healing Massage center. In Boulder, of course, at 3216 Arapahoe Ave., in a little strip mall where it meets 33rd.
You can find out more about at: http://stillpointcenter.blogspot.com/
The official biography of Gia-fu Fung also went on sale recently and has already won a couple of literary awards. More info at the web site run by author Carol Ann Wilson: http://www.carolannwilson.info/
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