Events

UPCOMING 2025 SOCIAL EVENTS

May

BONFIRE SOCIALS ARE BACK
Wednesday, May 14th @ 6:30 PM

Join us for our first Bonfire Social of the Spring season on Wednesday evening, May 14th. We’ll gather on the back patio from 6:30–8:30ish. Plan to bring your own beverage and we’ll supply the snacks. There will be relaxed fellowship, stories, and laughs. It’s a great way to get a head start on the weekend. Hope to see you there!

ECO TOUR at NATIONAL GROVE
Saturday, May 17th @ 10:00 AM

Meet Adrian Ayres Fisher in the parking lot off 26th Street in North Riverside.

Adrian is a long-time volunteer with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and a site steward for National Grove Woods, 54 acres of oak woodland, savanna, and floodplain forest. You can find out more about her at her website, Ecological Gardening

June

DISCOVER YOUR INNER ZEN:
COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE
Saturday, June 14, 2025, 11:00 AM | In-person Only

Stressed? Confused? or just curious about Zen? This is your day!

Join us for an extraordinary afternoon at the Zen Life & Meditation Center.

SUMMER FIESTA AT ZLMC
Saturday, June 28th from 5:00–9:00 PM

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

Live music by the duo Huguito and Armando of Wayco Andes

  • Hula dancing

  • Raffle prizes galore – lap quilt made by Roshi June & move!

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

Special Early Bird Pepper Sale ends June 1st: Ancho ($20), Chiles de Arbol - couple ($35), and Poblano - Family ($50).

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

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

Featured
“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.

“waking up” by Ann Ehringhaus
“waking up” by Ann Ehringhaus

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 of grief . . .