Mr. Levitan and Me by  Emmanuel Aronie

Mr. Levitan and Me by Emmanuel Aronie

  Hi Paul,      I receive your SICA posts regularly, but then today I had the thought that my little experience in Moscow at the Tretyakovskaya Gallery last August and the story I wrote about it might be some kind of light artistic, true story and perhaps...
REPORT FROM THE CHAIR by Hamilton Cheifetz

REPORT FROM THE CHAIR by Hamilton Cheifetz

The SICA USA Board had a harmonious and productive meeting at Menucha on November 8, 2019. The meeting was attended by many of the board members: Paul Nelson, Rosetta Koach, Halimah Bellows, Ralph Davila and Hamilton Cheifetz. We heard a presentation from Fayra...
RIP Victor Margolin

RIP Victor Margolin

This from Latifah Taormina: A salute to our brilliant, funny, design-genius, and a co-founder of SICA, Victor Margolin, 1941-2019. He left this world today, (November 27, 2019) but he left us all with so many gifts —including SICA itself. Yes, it was Victor who came...
Subud Musicians (from Matthew Clark)

Subud Musicians (from Matthew Clark)

From Matthew Clark: Several legendary musicians were Subud members.  Along with Mama Cass of the Mamas and Papas, Roger (Jim) McGuinn of the Byrds, and Jim Yester and Terry Kirkman of The Association was…. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.  Plenty of confirmation...
Emmanuel Williams Poetry & Photographs

Emmanuel Williams Poetry & Photographs

Emmanuel Williams shared a Conversation Starter · January 26 at 11:29 PM I seem to be evolving a new (for me!) process of creation. Here’s an example. Up here In the mountains are lots of oak trees… some of them grow holes, and I began imagining beings...
SICA-Supported Theater

SICA-Supported Theater

The SICA-USA Board at our last Board Meeting (at Menucha, Friday, November 9, 2019) voted to support the theater work of longtime Subud sister Fayra Teeters. Here is more information: THEATRE Workshop Production Masque Alfresco Presents The Prime Solution By Don...
Bob Kaufman, Poet Opened in Subud

Bob Kaufman, Poet Opened in Subud

You may have read Michael Cooke’s story about evidence of Jazz great Thelonious Monk being opened in Subud. (https://sica-usa.org/news/thelonious-monk-opened-in-subud/) Recently the New York Times published a review of: “Two Poets With Alert and Nimble Eyes...
Enter The World of Ezra Bell

Enter The World of Ezra Bell

by Halimah Collingwood Ezra Bell is a 6 member band fronted by singer/songwriter, Benjamin Wuamett. Adding to the instrumentation is Jeremy, keys, organ and guitar (not all at once), a rhythm section of Maurice on drums with Tom on bass, soprano saxman Aaron and...
4th Interview with Ibu Rahayu by Halimah Polk (Going Deeper)

4th Interview with Ibu Rahayu by Halimah Polk (Going Deeper)

Introduction of Interviews with Ibu Rahayu, These interviews represent meaningful conversations I was lucky enough to have with Ibu Rahayu from 1974 -1994.   It wasn’t too hard to meet with Ibu during the time I lived in the Wisma Subud community from 74-77 and two of...