facilitated by Madison Mae Parker

A weekly gathering of moving, reading, and creative exploration of academic texts, poetry, essays and more alongside community.

Tickets: drop in + series available.
purchase here

A weekly gathering of moving, reading, and creative exploration of academic texts, poetry, essays and more alongside community.

THE WHATS:
Movement Philosophy is a space to gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another?

Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion, duh), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent! We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

THE TICKETS:
This fall series will run for 4 weeks (11/2-11/23) on Mondays from 7-9 pm. A makeup class is scheduled for 11/30.

It's recommended to come for the whole series, however, not required! Tickets can be bought for the whole series or for a drop-in session. Tickets will close at 6:30 pm on each Monday of the event.

CLASS PASS, ENTIRE 4 WEEK SERIES (November 2-November 23rd; makeup class scheduled 11/30)

$80 ($20 per class)
sliding scale $40-$120

DROP-IN CLASS: $25
sliding scale $15-$35

THE WHO:
This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

THE WHAT:
What we will be reading during this 4 week series will be announced late October.
All reading materials will be provided by PDF to your email before the event.

THE FACILITATOR:
Movement Philosophy is led and organized by Madison Mae Parker (MFA, RSME/T).Madison Mae Parker is a white, queer, chronically ill, neurodivergent ritual artist and witch. Parker holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute and is a registered somatic movement educator in practicum through ISMETA by way of the Tamalpa Institute (founded by Anna Halprin). They deeply believe our bodies are our first source of wisdom, our way to build another world. MadisonMaeParker.com

**If needing certain mobility accomodations, please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com
**No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com if this is cost prohibitive.

TIN CAN is a biennial work-in-progress performance series that prioritizes community feedback through facilitated discussions.

TIX: $10
RSVP HERE

hosted, produced and curated by Amanda Maraist
at bim bom studios. chicago, IL

each performance features 3 artists presenting ~15 minutes of work
followed by a facilitated feedback conversation-in-the-round in the style of Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Theory.

FT.
SARAH MININSOHN
WYATT SUTTER
PREETI VEERLAPATI

conversation facilitated by Sophie Minouche Allen
video by Helen Lee
photo by Amanda Maraist

tix are always $10
funds always to the artists
air purifiers always running
KN95s always available

Support shake stillness 
Wiggle warm whirl
Arrange attune attend
Remix repeat reveal 
Merge mirror migrate

SWARM is a collaborative sound and movement lab. Rather than working towards a performance or final outcome, we play for the sake of playing, move for the sake of moving, and create in the space together. Each session includes a guided warm up, loose score for movement/sound improvisation, and time to discuss and reflect. Sessions are led by a rotating cast of performers and musicians. If you’re interested in leading, please let us know! Movers and musicians of all styles, backgrounds, and levels of experience are welcome to participate. 

6:45-7:00 Arrive, warm up
7:00-7:15 Opening circle
7:15-7:30 Guided warm up
7:30-8:15 Open improv
8:15-8:30 Closing

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$5-15 suggested donation, no one turned away

RSVP encouraged but not required. RSVP here. All sessions take place at bim bom, which is wheelchair accessible. While childcare is not provided, children are welcome to attend and/or participate. Participants are not required to mask but masks will be provided upon request. Please reach out in advance with other accessibility inquiries. 

Sharkey Zalek sara@saratonin.com

Aurora Tabar amtabar@gmail.com

75 min yoga flow & crystal bowls w/ caitlin & ivy

REGISTER HERE

Reset your nervous system with a yoga & sound healing session guided by Caitlin & Ivy at the lovely Bim Bom Studios on Sunday, October 18th.

The 75 minute session will begin and end with live crystal bowl sound meditations led by Ivy Colón; bookending a special co-taught vinyasa (breath-to-movement) yoga flow by Caitlin Rose Mahoney & Ivy. Students will have the opportunity to opt in for hands-on assists & adjustments, Reiki, and massage.

Sunday, October 18th
2:15 - 3:45pm (doors open 15 min before class)

$25-35 sliding scale

space is limited.

pay via: venmo, zelle (add’l payment details in questionnaire) or cash @ the door. 

wear clothes you can move comfortably in. consider bringing an additional layer to put on during the meditation portion of class. BYO water bottle, yoga mat & optional sweat towel. 

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about the instructors:

Caitlin Rose Mahoney is a certified yoga instructor (200-hour RYT, Yoga Alliance-Certified +100 hours of continuing education) with a passion for bringing yoga to the people who work on their feet all day. By night, Caitlin spins high-vibe grooves, deep cuts, and freaky mashups under the moniker DJ Adderall Spritz. Brooklyn-born, Chicago-based. Stay in touch to learn about classes, special workshops and DJ sets: @timberlandbeforetime  | caitlinrosemahoney

Ivy Colón: “I am a 500-hour RYT certified in multiple yoga formats, with over 100 hours of continuing education, as well as a certified Reiki practitioner. Since I came into Yoga in 2018 it has completely changed my life and it’s helped me to understand myself better through this journey. Embracing curiosity has led me to explore sound healing. Though I am still deepening my relationship with singing bowls, playing them feels remarkably intuitive. As I continue to practice and learn, it brings me great joy to share the simple, transformative power of sound and experience how effortlessly sound can move energy”.  @ivy_sense

Meltykiss

Duo of drummer Max Goldstein (MA) and vocalist Ariel Vera (NY). Meltykiss focuses on guided improvisation based off a conceptual, collaborative form. Blending ideas based on free jazz and heavy idioms to create charged, scribbly, loop-based noise. 

Tyler Wagner

Tyler Wagner improvises music unaccompanied on the upright bass : : Known primarily for accompanying an ever growing list of artists and collaborators in Chicago, Tyler seeks to create complete musical mechanisms alone on the bass. This collaboration expands past the point of other musicians, now shaped by the performance space, the passage of time, and the shape of music itself. 

Danger Music 15

Hardened ear expert with hours on the field! Experience the inexplicable sounds of lines and numbers in this exotic performance!

$10 suggested at the door
BYOB
air purifier running
KN95s available upon request

Join Kellyn Jackson + Kat Scott to experience the transformative power of embodied Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Authentic Movement in community. 

REGISTER HERE

Together we'll cultivate a deeper connection with mind, body, spirit, and your core Self. This workshop will be appropriate for both new attendees and those who have attended prior Dancing with our Parts workshops -- facilitators will adapt the content to the group.

We all have parts of ourselves that seem to be at odds with each other - we want to be seen, but when given the opportunity, we want to hide. We want to (or at least are told we should) "feel our feelings," but get overwhelmed when we start to experience the depth or intensity of them.  In this workshop,  we will practice making choices in our dancing, which will strengthen our sense of agency with our emotional world, or Self-leadership with our parts.  We will practicing choosing to move in and out of intensity, supported by the group process. 

We will be held in the compassionate witness of a partner, and consolidate the experience through journaling and verbal reflection in pairs and in the larger group.

WHAT IS AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT?: An embodied practice involving moving while being witnessed, inspired by the Discipline of Authentic Movement, described here: https://disciplineofauthenticmovement.com/public-pages/welcome-discipline-of-authentic-movement/a-brief-description/

WHAT IS IFS? Here’s a brief introduction: https://youtu.be/5DFIfSHL11w?si=rHE9vqFwYk-7KocS

This workshop is offered on a sliding scale. Please choose the tier that reflects your current financial reality. If $65 is inaccessible, please reach out to us for support (kellynejackson@gmail.com).

$30 - Financially Coping
$50 - Financially Stable
$80 - Financially Abundant

Please note: Payment is due at the time of registration. Your spot will not be saved until payment is received. Limited spots available!

As you choose at what level you’d like to support our work, please note that many find the healing power of this event to be beyond 2 hours of therapy. Remember that your contribution allows us to continue welcoming those who currently lack the funds to attend.

NORMAL GIRLS is a horror comedy about three women who are addicted to a medication that suppresses their appetite, until disaster strikes. In a future barely removed from our present, women who've never experienced hunger suddenly discover how it feels to eat.

Join Fever Dream Theatre for a staged reading of NORMAL GIRLS, a new play by Isabel Margolis Brodsky.

Tickets are pay what you can, and all proceeds go towards Fever Dream Theatre's production of Dance Nation this December.

RSVP HERE

air purifier running
KN95s available upon request

experimental sound galore~

ft.
MISS UNDERSTOOD
Donkey Basketball
3000 B.C.
stereotypewriters

$10 cash or venmo at the door
show @ 8pm
BYOB
air purifier running

Sixty-Five 14 is an evening length dance performance choreographed and performed by Caitlin Wonsowski and Najah Iman.

Sixty-Five 14 is an artistic movement piece that works to articulate the complex intertwining of time and identity, reflecting on the past, sharing the present, and being open to the possibilities of the future. It is an in-process performance of human struggle, celebration, and discovery.

Caitlin and Najah work together to research psychological patterns that form between humans and our social settings. Utilizing vocabularies from both club and contemporary dance forms, “Sixty-Five 14” intentionally holds space to encourage safety, socialization, and camaraderie among viewers. It is curated to reflect and embrace the ever-changing nature of society and personality.

RSVP here to see the show.
Suggested donation of $10-25 through the projects GoFundMe or at the door.

Chicago's most dynamic audio/visual series, Night School, presents an evening of experimental video and music. Video artists will be paired with improvising musicians, with each musician live-scoring the video for the first time! There are no aesthetic hierarchies at Night School, each show is about spontaneity and openness, you never know what you'll see and you won't believe what you hear.

Curated + hosted by Erez Dessel

LINEUP
Gordon Fung - visuals / Josh Berman - sound
Thorne Brandt - visuals+sound
Monet Khanyahl - visuals / Haruhi Kobayashi - sound

air purifier running
KN95s available
BYOB

Support shake stillness 
Wiggle warm whirl
Arrange attune attend
Remix repeat reveal 
Merge mirror migrate

SWARM is a collaborative sound and movement lab. Rather than working towards a performance or final outcome, we play for the sake of playing, move for the sake of moving, and create in the space together. Each session includes a guided warm up, loose score for movement/sound improvisation, and time to discuss and reflect. Sessions are led by a rotating cast of performers and musicians. If you’re interested in leading, please let us know! Movers and musicians of all styles, backgrounds, and levels of experience are welcome to participate. 

6:45-7:00 Arrive, warm up
7:00-7:15 Opening circle
7:15-7:30 Guided warm up
7:30-8:15 Open improv
8:15-8:30 Closing

__

$5-15 suggested donation, no one turned away

RSVP encouraged but not required. RSVP here. All sessions take place at bim bom, which is wheelchair accessible. While childcare is not provided, children are welcome to attend and/or participate. Participants are not required to mask but masks will be provided upon request. Please reach out in advance with other accessibility inquiries. 

Sharkey Zalek sara@saratonin.com

Aurora Tabar amtabar@gmail.com

Sixty-Five 14 is an evening length dance performance choreographed and performed by Caitlin Wonsowski and Najah Iman.

Sixty-Five 14 is an artistic movement piece that works to articulate the complex intertwining of time and identity, reflecting on the past, sharing the present, and being open to the possibilities of the future. It is an in-process performance of human struggle, celebration, and discovery.

Caitlin and Najah work together to research psychological patterns that form between humans and our social settings. Utilizing vocabularies from both club and contemporary dance forms, “Sixty-Five 14” intentionally holds space to encourage safety, socialization, and camaraderie among viewers. It is curated to reflect and embrace the ever-changing nature of society and personality.

RSVP here to see the show.
Suggested donation of $10-25 through the projects GoFundMe or at the door.

A 2 part somatic workshop for creatives exploring a new relationship to time, utilizing movement, visual art, writing, and dialogue.

Facilitated by Madison Mae Parker

TICKETS

THE WHATS:

We all live within a structure of time, both natural and human made. The sun and moon exist. There are seasons and weather shifts. Tides and oceans. And there is the clock, the calendar, both a mix of human construction and based off nature and stars.

As creatives, as humans, there is often a tension around our productivity::: When should we be working? How often? How long? How many pieces should I be making? When do I know when a piece is finished? Am I too old to start over as a creative? Am I too young to be taken seriously? I don't have enough time to pursue my creative imagings because X.

And so on, and so forth. I am sure we could all enter in our own questions, anxieties, and fears around this.

But what if we slowed down enough to explore our relationship to bodily time?
What might the body have to say about speed, energy, rest, and time?

This 2 part workshop will be a space to just begin to explore these questions. It will not be the end-all, be-all of these questions (nor should there ever be), but an open door to allow your own creative intuition to spring forth, and perhaps allow a new way of creating to make itself known to you.

This workshop will utilize some of the following:

• personal mythology exploration

• journaling + writing exercises

• visual art making

• guided movement and somatic explorations

• creative prompts

• readings

• group conversations

• with the potential for partner work

Sept 23rd :::

This session will be exploring our current relationship to time through the personal and collective.

Some of the questions we will be investigating::::
What societal language do we have around time/clocks? What is our relationship to age, to abilities and disabilites, to death and the dying? How is time tied into production, the American Myth, and capitalism? And how have all these things come to live inside of me?
How might I perpetuate them?

Sept 30th :::

This session will be exploring a new relationship to time - considering bodily time, land time, spirit time.

Allowing ourselves to be present to where we are and the histories (both our own, our culture and country, and ancesteral) that live within us, how might we move foward into new ways of inhabiting time? What can we learn from our own body? The collective body? What does nature and land have to teach us of time? What does spirit and ancestors have to share with us?

Week of October 12th :::

There will be an additional Show+Tell Scheduled with the cohort sometime the week of October 12th. This Show+Tell will be a space to honor what has emerged in us and allow for a guided conversation to continue beyond the space of the workshop itself.

This Show + Tell might be expressed through conversation, art, ritual, performance, something else entirely, or truly a show and tell! The cohort will decide, together, if this will be public (open to all people), private (only for the class), or semi-private (each participant invites 2-3 people to join our conversation).

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

You will get an email a week before the event with details and more! There will be some loose homework assignments between week 1 and week 2 session, such as a short reading, some journal and creative prompts, and general musings to hold onto. You won't be checked or graded on this, but it will benefit not only your time, but the larger group conversation.

If you are unable to come to both sessions, please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com and perhaps we can sort something out! :)

Support shake stillness 
Wiggle warm whirl
Arrange attune attend
Remix repeat reveal 
Merge mirror migrate

SWARM is a collaborative sound and movement lab. Rather than working towards a performance or final outcome, we play for the sake of playing, move for the sake of moving, and create in the space together. Each session includes a guided warm up, loose score for movement/sound improvisation, and time to discuss and reflect. Sessions are led by a rotating cast of performers and musicians. If you’re interested in leading, please let us know! Movers and musicians of all styles, backgrounds, and levels of experience are welcome to participate. 

6:45-7:00 Arrive, warm up
7:00-7:15 Opening circle
7:15-7:30 Guided warm up
7:30-8:15 Open improv
8:15-8:30 Closing

__

$5-15 suggested donation, no one turned away

RSVP encouraged but not required. RSVP here. All sessions take place at bim bom, which is wheelchair accessible. While childcare is not provided, children are welcome to attend and/or participate. Participants are not required to mask but masks will be provided upon request. Please reach out in advance with other accessibility inquiries. 

Sharkey Zalek sara@saratonin.com

Aurora Tabar amtabar@gmail.com

A 2 part somatic workshop for creatives exploring a new relationship to time, utilizing movement, visual art, writing, and dialogue.

Facilitated by Madison Mae Parker

TICKETS

THE WHATS:

We all live within a structure of time, both natural and human made. The sun and moon exist. There are seasons and weather shifts. Tides and oceans. And there is the clock, the calendar, both a mix of human construction and based off nature and stars.

As creatives, as humans, there is often a tension around our productivity::: When should we be working? How often? How long? How many pieces should I be making? When do I know when a piece is finished? Am I too old to start over as a creative? Am I too young to be taken seriously? I don't have enough time to pursue my creative imagings because X.

And so on, and so forth. I am sure we could all enter in our own questions, anxieties, and fears around this.

But what if we slowed down enough to explore our relationship to bodily time?
What might the body have to say about speed, energy, rest, and time?

This 2 part workshop will be a space to just begin to explore these questions. It will not be the end-all, be-all of these questions (nor should there ever be), but an open door to allow your own creative intuition to spring forth, and perhaps allow a new way of creating to make itself known to you.

This workshop will utilize some of the following:

• personal mythology exploration

• journaling + writing exercises

• visual art making

• guided movement and somatic explorations

• creative prompts

• readings

• group conversations

• with the potential for partner work

Sept 23rd :::

This session will be exploring our current relationship to time through the personal and collective.

Some of the questions we will be investigating::::
What societal language do we have around time/clocks? What is our relationship to age, to abilities and disabilites, to death and the dying? How is time tied into production, the American Myth, and capitalism? And how have all these things come to live inside of me?
How might I perpetuate them?

Sept 30th :::

This session will be exploring a new relationship to time - considering bodily time, land time, spirit time.

Allowing ourselves to be present to where we are and the histories (both our own, our culture and country, and ancesteral) that live within us, how might we move foward into new ways of inhabiting time? What can we learn from our own body? The collective body? What does nature and land have to teach us of time? What does spirit and ancestors have to share with us?

Week of October 12th :::

There will be an additional Show+Tell Scheduled with the cohort sometime the week of October 12th. This Show+Tell will be a space to honor what has emerged in us and allow for a guided conversation to continue beyond the space of the workshop itself.

This Show + Tell might be expressed through conversation, art, ritual, performance, something else entirely, or truly a show and tell! The cohort will decide, together, if this will be public (open to all people), private (only for the class), or semi-private (each participant invites 2-3 people to join our conversation).

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

You will get an email a week before the event with details and more! There will be some loose homework assignments between week 1 and week 2 session, such as a short reading, some journal and creative prompts, and general musings to hold onto. You won't be checked or graded on this, but it will benefit not only your time, but the larger group conversation.

If you are unable to come to both sessions, please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com and perhaps we can sort something out! :)

Support shake stillness 
Wiggle warm whirl
Arrange attune attend
Remix repeat reveal 
Merge mirror migrate

SWARM is a collaborative sound and movement lab. Rather than working towards a performance or final outcome, we play for the sake of playing, move for the sake of moving, and create in the space together. Each session includes a guided warm up, loose score for movement/sound improvisation, and time to discuss and reflect. Sessions are led by a rotating cast of performers and musicians. If you’re interested in leading, please let us know! Movers and musicians of all styles, backgrounds, and levels of experience are welcome to participate. 

6:45-7:00 Arrive, warm up
7:00-7:15 Opening circle
7:15-7:30 Guided warm up
7:30-8:15 Open improv
8:15-8:30 Closing

__

$5-15 suggested donation, no one turned away

RSVP encouraged but not required. RSVP here. All sessions take place at bim bom, which is wheelchair accessible. While childcare is not provided, children are welcome to attend and/or participate. Participants are not required to mask but masks will be provided upon request. Please reach out in advance with other accessibility inquiries. 

Sharkey Zalek sara@saratonin.com

Aurora Tabar amtabar@gmail.com

Kim Nucci (Chicago)
Kyra Sims (NYC)

PWYC, NOTAFLOF, $10 suggested at the door
air purifier running
BYOB
KN95s available upon request

Kyra Sims is a collaborative French Hornist, writer, and interdisciplinary performance artist residing in New York City. A lifelong lover of travel and adventure, she and her horn Otto have journeyed to five continents and will be completing her sixth and seventh continents in 2026.

As a musician, Kyra has worked with artists and ensembles such as Rosalía, Lizzo, Jon Batiste, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Roots, Carole King, Frank Ocean, and My Brightest Diamond. Kyra appeared as a backing musician in Taylor Mac’s Pulitzer finalist work A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, the critically acclaimed pop opera (and subsequent film adaptation) Now I’m Fine, and the internationally renowned podcast Welcome to Night Vale.

Kyra has worked as a musician both on Broadway and Off, originating chairs at Tony-Nominated Broadway show Illinoise, Drama Desk-Nominated shows Carmen Jones, Superhero, and Soft Power, and the Emmy-Nominated online show Ratatouille: A Tik Tok Musical.

Recording credits include Noname’s Sundial, Zola Jesus’ Taiga, Disparition’s Faite, original cast recordings for Illinoise, Superhero, and Grammy-nominated Soft Power, and films such as the well-received documentary Chèche Lavi, and Here and Now starring Sarah Jessica Parker.

Besides travel, her favorite things include cooking, birds, tattoos, and maintaining a casual obsession with dragons.

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Kim Nucci is an Oakland/Chicago-based media artist, composer, and technologist. Kim claims to be the Pope of facebook and worships dollar slice pizza as the one true god, while living in the god(pizza)less land of California.

As a musician, they perform on electronics, modular synthesizer, and saxophone. As a visual and sound artist, they create interactive installations using architectural interventions, sculpture, arduino and other microcontrollers, idiosyncratic interactive design, painting and projections. They also VJ, and create generative and audio-reactive video art for live musical performance.

facilitated by Madison Mae Parker

A weekly gathering of moving, reading, and creative exploration of academic texts, poetry, essays and more alongside community.

Tickets: drop in + series available.
purchase here

THE WHATS:

Movement Philosophy is a space to gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another? Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion, duh), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent! We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

THE TICKETS:

This summer series will run for 4 weeks (8/5-8/26/26) on Wednesdays. We will return to our regular Mondays for the Winter series later this year.

It's recommended to come for the whole series, however, not required! Tickets can be bought for the whole series or for a drop-in session. Tickets will close at 6:30 pm on each Wednesday of the event.

CLASS PASS, ENTIRE 4 WEEK SERIES (August 5-August 26)

$80 ($20 per class)
sliding scale $40-$120

DROP-IN CLASS: $25
sliding scale $15-$35

THE WHO:

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

THE WHAT:

What we will be reading during this 4 week series will be announced late July.

All reading materials will be provided by PDF to your email before the event.

THE FACILITATOR:

Movement Philosophy is led and organized by Madison Mae Parker (MFA, RSME/T).Madison Mae Parker is a white, queer, chronically ill, neurodivergent ritual artist and witch. Parker holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute and is a registered somatic movement educator in practicum through ISMETA by way of the Tamalpa Institute (founded by Anna Halprin). They deeply believe our bodies are our first source of wisdom, our way to build another world. MadisonMaeParker.com

**If needing certain mobility accomodations, please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com
**No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com if this is cost prohibitive.

Chicago's most dynamic audio/visual series, Night School, presents an evening of experimental video and music. Video artists will be paired with improvising musicians, with each musician live-scoring the video for the first time! There are no aesthetic hierarchies at Night School, each show is about spontaneity and openness, you never know what you'll see and you won't believe what you hear.

Curated + hosted by Erez Dessel

LINEUP
Mengjun Duan - visuals / Kim Nucci - sound
Nolan Barry - visuals / Allen Moore - sound
Soren Hsu - visuals / Tatsu Aoki - sound

air purifier running
KN95s available
BYOB

The Anger Project is a body-based, socially-responsive artistic practice rooted in community and creativity facilitated by Haas. Through workshops, performances, and films, we create space for people to move through anger. What we do shifts depending on resources, location, and the people involved, but at the heart of this work is a commitment to honoring anger through collective expression, deep listening, and radical presence. 

On August 23rd The Anger Project is hosting two events at bim bom. Join us for one or both!

• 1-3pm The Anger Project: A Body-Based Workshop

  During this workshop, we'll engage in an Anger Activity. You are welcome to bring soft objects into the space such as towels, pillows, or other props that can be safely hit, struck, shaken, or thrown. We’ll also explore other forms of expression through movement and sound. This workshop is an invitation to explore anger through the body with creativity and within community. Each person's experience will be different. Participation is always invitational, and people are encouraged to engage at whatever level feels right for them.

  Body focused, workshops rely heavily on movement improvisation, writing, sharing and grounding exercises. No art/dance experience of any kind is needed to participate.

  Things to bring:

  • Pen and paper/notebook for writing/drawing

  • Warm/cool (depending on your needs), loose, comfortable clothing to move in

  • Optional soft props for movement and anger expression (towels, pillows, etc.)

  • Water to stay hydrated

  • A pillow and blanket if you feel you might want them

• 4-5:30pm The Anger Project: Film Screening & Collective Reflection

  The Anger Project is currently creating a documentary-style film series, each short film highlighting one person’s anger story through movement and conversation. During this gathering, we will share one of these films, The Anger Project: Celina's Story, a short documentary that follows Celina Fierro, a queer, sober barber and artist whose barbershop has become a space of healing, honesty, and chosen family.

  Told entirely in her own voice, the film explores how one person navigates addiction, anger, and identity, not through institutions or systems, but through, creativity, perseverance, and deep community connection. Filmed in a deeply intimate and observational style, the footage captures Celina through a typical day in her life. Cutting hair in the barbershop. Lifting weights at the gym. Performing late-night DJ sets. Her narration overlays these scenes, offering raw, unfiltered reflection on what it takes to stay sober, stay connected, and stay human. Rather than presenting recovery as a linear journey or a completed arc, the film sits with the reality of ongoing struggle, and the strength it takes to keep showing up.

  Created & Directed by: Haas

  In Collaboration with Featured Artist: Celina Fierro

For more information and to RSVP, visit: https://www.angerproject.org/events

air purifier running
KN95s available

facilitated by anna thompson + taylor knight

cost: $15
purchase tickets here

SPI (slowdanger physical integration) is an explorational movement experience  accompanied by an evolving sound score guided by slowdanger's taylor knight and anna thompson. Inspired by their studies in  somatic practices, BodyMindCentering, Laban Movement Analysis, Movement  Theater, Corporeal Mime, improvisational and compositional studies,  slowdanger guides participants to investigate non-verbal processing  mechanisms through movement, groove, and sensory stimulus. It encourages  and challenges participants to explore connections to body, sound, and  their environment. These connections are used to play, investigate, and regenerate.

This is an open-level movement practice open to any experience level. It has been offered to architects, actors, technologists, musicians and more.

Co-founded in 2013 by co-artistic directors and life partners anna thompson and taylor knight, slowdanger is a multidisciplinary performance entity creating experiences at the intersection of  contemporary performance, electronic music, technology, and ontological centering. Together, they activate a process entitled ‘queer world building’, creating co-collaborative performance ecosystems where movement, sound, and environment operate as interdependent architectures. Their process positions technology as a structural and dramaturgical force, revealing invisible forces acting upon the body and destabilizing the performance world in its relationship to performers and the audience. From directing music videos to scoring a play, slowdanger transforms its shape to adapt to a variety of different containers. slowdanger’s performances have been featured internationally in venues ranging from proscenium theaters and galleries to nightclubs and dive bars. Their work has been presented by Carnegie Museum of Art, Usine C, Dance Place, The Warhol Museum, and more. slowdanger was one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” and has been supported by The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NPN Creation Fund, New Music USA, New England Foundation for the Arts, The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and more. Their upcoming work, STORY BALET, will premiere in September 2026 at the Eisemann Center and tour throughout 2027 with Dance Place, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and Texas A&M.

The Anger Project is a body-based, socially-responsive artistic practice rooted in community and creativity. Through workshops, performances, and films, we create space for people to move through anger. What we do shifts depending on resources, location, and the people involved, but at the heart of this work is a commitment to honoring anger through collective expression, deep listening, and radical presence. 

On August 21st we are hosting a multimedia event with film, performance, and post-show discussion at BimBom. Conceived and directed by Haas. Created and performed by Haas and Helen Lee. 

Suggested contribution of $20 (NOTAFLOF).

To learn more and register, visit: https://www.angerproject.org/event-details/the-anger-project-performance-event-no-2-1

facilitated by Madison Mae Parker

A weekly gathering of moving, reading, and creative exploration of academic texts, poetry, essays and more alongside community.

Tickets: drop in + series available.
purchase here

THE WHATS:

Movement Philosophy is a space to gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another? Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion, duh), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent! We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

THE TICKETS:

This summer series will run for 4 weeks (8/5-8/26/26) on Wednesdays. We will return to our regular Mondays for the Winter series later this year.

It's recommended to come for the whole series, however, not required! Tickets can be bought for the whole series or for a drop-in session. Tickets will close at 6:30 pm on each Wednesday of the event.

CLASS PASS, ENTIRE 4 WEEK SERIES (August 5-August 26)

$80 ($20 per class)
sliding scale $40-$120

DROP-IN CLASS: $25
sliding scale $15-$35

THE WHO:

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

THE WHAT:

What we will be reading during this 4 week series will be announced late July.

All reading materials will be provided by PDF to your email before the event.

THE FACILITATOR:

Movement Philosophy is led and organized by Madison Mae Parker (MFA, RSME/T).Madison Mae Parker is a white, queer, chronically ill, neurodivergent ritual artist and witch. Parker holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute and is a registered somatic movement educator in practicum through ISMETA by way of the Tamalpa Institute (founded by Anna Halprin). They deeply believe our bodies are our first source of wisdom, our way to build another world. MadisonMaeParker.com

**If needing certain mobility accomodations, please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com
**No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com if this is cost prohibitive.

Support shake stillness 
Wiggle warm whirl
Arrange attune attend
Remix repeat reveal 
Merge mirror migrate

SWARM is a collaborative sound and movement lab. Rather than working towards a performance or final outcome, we play for the sake of playing, move for the sake of moving, and create in the space together. Each session includes a guided warm up, loose score for movement/sound improvisation, and time to discuss and reflect. Sessions are led by a rotating cast of performers and musicians. If you’re interested in leading, please let us know! Movers and musicians of all styles, backgrounds, and levels of experience are welcome to participate. 

6:45-7:00 Arrive, warm up
7:00-7:15 Opening circle
7:15-7:30 Guided warm up
7:30-8:15 Open improv
8:15-8:30 Closing

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$5-15 suggested donation, no one turned away

RSVP encouraged but not required. RSVP here. All sessions take place at bim bom, which is wheelchair accessible. While childcare is not provided, children are welcome to attend and/or participate. Participants are not required to mask but masks will be provided upon request. Please reach out in advance with other accessibility inquiries. 

Sharkey Zalek sara@saratonin.com

Aurora Tabar amtabar@gmail.com

Tickets here

Yoona Kim is an ajaeng (Korean bowed zither) performer and composer whose practice weaves through the traditional and the experimental, the past and the present. Yoona synthesizes the temporal fluctuations and ephemeral resonances of Korean traditional music with the timbral expansiveness and radical ethos of noise music and free improvisation.

Graham Stephenson is a Chicago-based trumpet player and experimental musician known for his pioneering work in electro-acoustic free improvisation. He uniquely utilizes amplified, close-miked trumpets, highly pressurized breath, and extended techniques to turn his instrument into an unpitched sound generator, blending elements of noise, ambient drones, and avant-garde jazz.

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Chris Corsano is a Chicago-based drummer who has been active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, avant-rock, and experimental music since the late 1990’s. He’s been the rim-batterer of choice for some of the greatest contemporary purveyors of “jazz” (Joe McPhee, Paul Flaherty, Mette Rasmussen, Zoh Amba) and “rock” (Sir Richard Bishop, Bill Orcutt, Jim O’Rourke), as well as artists beyond categorization (Björk for her Volta album and world tour, Michael Flower, Okkyung Lee).

Chad M. Clark is a Chicago-based guitarist active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, experimental music, and avant-garde sound. An inventive improviser with a distinctive voice, he has performed with some of the most uncompromising figures in creative music, including Weasel Walter, Mark Feldman, Damon Smith, Carol Genetti, Michael Zerang, Dave Rempis, and many others. Equally at home in intimate improvised settings and high-energy ensemble performances, Clark’s work explores texture, spontaneity, and the expressive possibilities of the electric guitar beyond conventional boundaries.

music @ 8:30p
air purifier running
KN95s available
BYOB

facilitated by Madison Mae Parker

A weekly gathering of moving, reading, and creative exploration of academic texts, poetry, essays and more alongside community.

Tickets: drop in + series available.
purchase here

THE WHATS:

Movement Philosophy is a space to gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another? Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion, duh), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent! We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

THE TICKETS:

This summer series will run for 4 weeks (8/5-8/26/26) on Wednesdays. We will return to our regular Mondays for the Winter series later this year.

It's recommended to come for the whole series, however, not required! Tickets can be bought for the whole series or for a drop-in session. Tickets will close at 6:30 pm on each Wednesday of the event.

CLASS PASS, ENTIRE 4 WEEK SERIES (August 5-August 26)

$80 ($20 per class)
sliding scale $40-$120

DROP-IN CLASS: $25
sliding scale $15-$35

THE WHO:

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

THE WHAT:

What we will be reading during this 4 week series will be announced late July.

All reading materials will be provided by PDF to your email before the event.

THE FACILITATOR:

Movement Philosophy is led and organized by Madison Mae Parker (MFA, RSME/T).Madison Mae Parker is a white, queer, chronically ill, neurodivergent ritual artist and witch. Parker holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute and is a registered somatic movement educator in practicum through ISMETA by way of the Tamalpa Institute (founded by Anna Halprin). They deeply believe our bodies are our first source of wisdom, our way to build another world. MadisonMaeParker.com

**If needing certain mobility accomodations, please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com
**No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com if this is cost prohibitive.

Support shake stillness 
Wiggle warm whirl
Arrange attune attend
Remix repeat reveal 
Merge mirror migrate

SWARM is a collaborative sound and movement lab. Rather than working towards a performance or final outcome, we play for the sake of playing, move for the sake of moving, and create in the space together. Each session includes a guided warm up, loose score for movement/sound improvisation, and time to discuss and reflect. Sessions are led by a rotating cast of performers and musicians. If you’re interested in leading, please let us know! Movers and musicians of all styles, backgrounds, and levels of experience are welcome to participate. 

6:45-7:00 Arrive, warm up
7:00-7:15 Opening circle
7:15-7:30 Guided warm up
7:30-8:15 Open improv
8:15-8:30 Closing

__

$5-15 suggested donation, no one turned away

RSVP encouraged but not required. RSVP here. All sessions take place at bim bom, which is wheelchair accessible. While childcare is not provided, children are welcome to attend and/or participate. Participants are not required to mask but masks will be provided upon request. Please reach out in advance with other accessibility inquiries. 

Sharkey Zalek sara@saratonin.com

Aurora Tabar amtabar@gmail.com

facilitated by Madison Mae Parker

A weekly gathering of moving, reading, and creative exploration of academic texts, poetry, essays and more alongside community.

Tickets: drop in + series available.
purchase here

THE WHATS:

Movement Philosophy is a space to gather together to read writings (articles, poems, songs, essays, & more) and explore them through movement, the arts, and community. In an attempt to take the academy outside of the institutional walls, in an attempt to tap into the wisdom innate within our bodies, in an attempt to trust the wisdom of the land, how might we be in relationship to the text alongside one another? Your favorite elements of a college lecture (the discussion, duh), meets embodiment explorations, meets community engagement, meets reading circle adjacent! We will gather for a small meditation and check-in, followed by a quick guided movement, reading of our texts together, discussion, followed by more movement, creative exploration (writing/drawing/making of any kind), before we close out with a final discussion time.

THE TICKETS:

This summer series will run for 4 weeks (8/5-8/26/26) on Wednesdays. We will return to our regular Mondays for the Winter series later this year.

It's recommended to come for the whole series, however, not required! Tickets can be bought for the whole series or for a drop-in session. Tickets will close at 6:30 pm on each Wednesday of the event.

CLASS PASS, ENTIRE 4 WEEK SERIES (August 5-August 26)

$80 ($20 per class)
sliding scale $40-$120

DROP-IN CLASS: $25
sliding scale $15-$35

THE WHO:

This is for all people wanting to explore embodiment, somatics, writings, world building/dreaming alongside others in community. All bodies, physical abilities**, and experiences to writing, academic texts, somatics, the arts, and more are welcomed.

THE WHAT:

What we will be reading during this 4 week series will be announced late July.

All reading materials will be provided by PDF to your email before the event.

THE FACILITATOR:

Movement Philosophy is led and organized by Madison Mae Parker (MFA, RSME/T).Madison Mae Parker is a white, queer, chronically ill, neurodivergent ritual artist and witch. Parker holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute and is a registered somatic movement educator in practicum through ISMETA by way of the Tamalpa Institute (founded by Anna Halprin). They deeply believe our bodies are our first source of wisdom, our way to build another world. MadisonMaeParker.com

**If needing certain mobility accomodations, please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com
**No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please email madisonmaeparker@gmail.com if this is cost prohibitive.

Attachment Theory
A shared evening of solo work on motherhood, being and caring for one.

TIX: $10-$20, limited capacity
purchase here

Forage | Mitsu Salmon
Forage is a solo performance piece that questions the isolation of contemporary mothers as "natural". Comparing it to the communal aspect of hunter-gatherer societies, the piece also examines the relationship between the body, technology, and landscape.
www.mitsusalmon.com

Who is Soo Cha Kim? | Helen Lee
A continued contemplation of Lee's previous work, "a glimpse of me, my mom" from 2017. A sifting through of memory, history and discoveries while teaching their mom how to walk up and down the stairs.
https://www.momentumsensorium.com/

Forage: Movement Workshop
Facilitated by Mitsu Salmon

TIX: sliding scale $5-$15, limited capacity
purchase here

In this structured improvisation workshop, we'll draw from Butoh (a Japanese contemporary dance form rooted in the relationship between imagery and movement). We will explore how animals, stillness, terrain, + instincts live in our bodies. We'll move through guided imagery, investigating what it feels like to be a creature, to be curious, to be in relationship with the world around us.

No dance experience necessary. Open to all bodies and all levels.

For more: www.mitsusalmon.com