Join us for a magical evening of music and performance as Bushwick Book Club and Howl! present The Return of The Light!

Our Winter Solstice celebration is a sharing of new art and music in response to The Return of The Light: Twelve Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice by Carolyn McVickar Edwards.

Artists:
Charlie Nieland
Jessie Kilguss with Kirk Schoener
Fool’s Weather / Patrick Redmond
Heather Litteer
Lianne Smith
Chris Rael
Watoku Ueno
Stephanie Larriere
isaac gerard
Ray Brown
Ellia Bisker with Heather Cole
Susan Hwang & Ed Pastorini
Kanami Kusajima
Timothy Dark

The winter solstice, the day the “sun stands still,” marks the longest night and the shortest day of the year, and it comes either on December 20th or 21st. Celebrations honoring the winter solstice as a moment of transition and renewal date back thousands of years and occur among many peoples on every continent. Storyteller Carolyn McVickar Edwards retells twelve traditional tales–from North America, China, Scandinavia, India, Africa, South America, Europe, and Polynesia–that honor this magical moment. These are stories that will renew our wonder of the miracle of rebirth and the power of transition from darkness into light.