Events

UPCOMING 2025 SOCIAL EVENTS

COLORS OF COMMUNITY - COLORES de la COMUNIDAD | ART FUNDRAISER - RECAUDACION de FONDOS’S CAMPAIGN
Wed., June 25th bidding closes at 7:15 PM

All proceeds from this auction go to Dando Una Mano Together We Rise, a Monroe, WI organization whose mission is to create and promote an inclusive environment through outreach, education, and engagement that removes barriers and supports diversity – where all are welcomed, respected, treated equitably, and valued within the community. We have a large, hard-working immigrant community here.

You can sign up online using the link on the photo and bid on items through wednesday evening, June 25th at about 7:15 pm, when bidding will close. Winning bidders not in the area can contact us about getting their item shipped or delivered. These are items made and donated by local artists.

INDRA’S NET OPEN MIC FOR WORDS, MUSIC, AND PERFORMANCE | Hybrid
Saturday, July 12th from 7:00–9:00 PM

ZLMC is hosting this event to give you more opportunities to share your work with a larger audience. We want to give artists (beginning or seasoned) a chance to share their voice, story, and passion with others. It will be Hybrid (both online and in-person). All talents are welcome: music, poetry, comedy, spoken word, storytelling, dance, performance. You have 10 minutes max to share. To sign up for the Open Mic or ask a question, email june.tanoue@zlmc.org. Suggested donation of $10.

SUMMER FIESTA AT ZLMC
Saturday, July 19th from 5:00–9:00 PM

PLEASE NOTE: THE FIESTA HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE 28 TO JULY 19TH.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of food, music, and summer fun!

Live music by the duo Huguito and Pedrito of Wayco Andes

  • Hula dancing

  • Raffle prizes galore – lap quilt made by Roshi June, CUBS jersey and 2 tickets to an August game & more!

  • Choose your heat level: Serrano ($50), Jalapeno ($80), Habanero ($150), or go full Ghost Pepper ($250)!

Raffle Tickets: 1 for $10 and 3 for $25

All are welcome–come celebrate and support the Zen Life & Meditation Center community!

Featured
WEAVE by Roshi Robert Althouse (first poem I ever wrote)
WEAVE by Roshi Robert Althouse (first poem I ever wrote)

Weave

your grandmother’s tomatoes and your neighbor’s lost eyes

the crack left by the jet plane, now far away and the crystal pattern of ice on the morning window

the lost rhythm of your native tongue and the laughter on the neighborhood stoop

the broken lamp post and the lost key

“No High Seat” by Brad Hunter
“No High Seat” by Brad Hunter

Some folks like the high seats,

Floating with angels and dragons,

Far beyond the trembling troubles

Of ordinary flesh and bone.

Waking Up
Waking Up

I had a dream in Krakow.
I was sharing acupressure points
with a Zen meditation group.
as we travelled to Auschwitz.
They were the points for grief.
They help us breathe into grief,
rather than use our muscles
to stop its flow.

Baby Blankets for Sarah’s Inn
Baby Blankets for Sarah’s Inn

To start off the new year of 2025, Robin Sheerer and Vanessa Klugman donated 7 hand-knitted baby blanets to Sarah’s Inn. These blankets represent several years and countless hours of loving, enjoyable, joy-fill knitting. All this love and kindness from folks in our Stitching Sutra Circle. To join this circle, contact Robin Sheerer at robinsheerer@gmail.com. Everyone is welcome.