by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 23, 2023 | News
Twenty-five years ago, I was developing and running art and multicultural programs for children in Vancouver, BC. I had received when I did talent testing that I had the talent to promote culture. I worked at Arts Umbrella, Canada’s largest and very wonderful arts...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 16, 2023 | News
Kirkus Reviews: CASCADIAN ZEN BIOREGIONAL WRITINGS ON CASCADIA HERE AND NOW by Paul E. Nelson & Jason M. Wirth with Adelia MacWilliam & Theresa Whitehill Link to Kirkus Reviews of CASCADIAN ZEN A many-layered and deeply spiritual collection celebrating the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 8, 2023 | Events, Seasonal
Winter Festival of Lights Presented December 15, 2023 at the Portland Subud House Assembled by Fayra Teeters As a theatre-worker/devotee, I’ve reveled in the cooperative nature of theatre my whole life. It takes a village to rehearse and perform any public piece. I...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 24, 2023 | Poetry & Literature
Reading Latifah Taormina’s article in Subud USA’s October Newsletter, I was inspired to pray for peace during my personal Latihan at home, currently more useful for a restful night’s sleep than all the warm milk in Wisconsin. During women’s testing at Menucha, the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 3, 2023 | News
There have been literally dozens of books about Subud written by Subud members. In the early days, to be sure, we mainly had John Bennett’s Concerning Subud, Husein Rofé’s two volumes, and Ilaina Bartok’s Worth Living For. There were also those mysterious blue...
by Roberta Hoffman | Oct 28, 2023 | Silent Auction
‘Tis the season… …to be thinking ahead to all of the holidays in December: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yuletide, and Islamic Umrah. Why not consider spending a few shekels to support Subud Art and Culture by placing a bid on one of the many colorful art...
by Roberta Hoffman | Oct 2, 2023 | Remembrance
I interviewed Irin Poellot on December 18, 2022 at the Life Care Center of Longmont, Colorado where she lived after giving up her house in West Longmont in early 2020 after a suffering a heart attack. I visited her there several times, usually around her birthday and...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 29, 2023 | News
Headed up by Paul Nelson, former SICA-USA Chair, Cascadia Poetics Lab conducted its 17th Annual Poetry Postcard Fest from July 4th through August 31st. This project was funded in part by a grant from SICA-USA. Participants began enrolling in the project the year...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the early 1980s, Michael Cooke, Subud actor and jazz pianist, attended this momentous event, which vividly lives to this day in his memory, “It was truly a God-send!” There’s a piece of music considered to be one of the major standards of the Great...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 10, 2023 | News
SICA-USA Online Art Auction Fall Revival is Here! For Subud Members who missed this summer’s first edition of the SICA-USA Online Art Auction, or who submitted offers that were out-bid – this is the event for you! The Fall Revival of the Online Art Auction is up and...
