Holy Nights Celebration: Concert/Talk/Nosh
Rudolf Steiner and the Beloved Community
We create the social world out of the imaginations we have about human nature and our relationships to the natural, human and spiritual worlds. The Imagination of the Beloved Community, of the interdependence of all life forms, which provided the basis of the non-violent Civil Rights Movement and through the friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr., of engaged Buddhism offers a remarkable healing imagination for our social future. Rudolf Steiner’s work, indeed all of Anthroposophy can be seen as an earlier description of that imagination.
The concert and talk will be live and Zoomed
All Anthroposophy Holy Nights presentations are free of charge. Registration is necessary, however, and donations are very much appreciated
Grigōry Smirnōv is a composer and pianist based in New York. His compositions have been performed worldwide in major venues, such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Tanglewood Festival, Merkin Concert Hall, Moscow Philharmonic Hall. As a pianist, Grigory Smirnov performs classical and improvisational music, and his own compositions. Over the recent years, he has been closely working with Eurythmy Spring Valley — the performing ensemble and school
Christopher Schaefer has been an adult educator most of his life, teaching at Emerson College in England and Sunbridge College in Spring Valley , N.Y. He has also been an organization and community development consultant working with both conventional and alternative institutions, including Waldorf Schools and Camphill Communities. He is the author of a number of books and the editor of the forthcoming, Moved by Destiny: Life Stories of Social Engagement,(Steiner Books).