Preston Andrew Patterson is a native of Atlanta, Georgia where he began his training with Ballethnic Academy of Dance. At 14, Preston enrolled at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and at age 19 he completed his dance training with The National Ballet School of Canada. Preston joined Ballet Austin as an apprentice before joining the full company, where he was a member from 2008-2022. In his time at Ballet Austin, he danced works by George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, and Pam Tanowitz. In addition to dance, Patterson has made two short films The Prophet and Cloud Nebula. The Prophet made its world premiere debut at the Seattle Transmedis and Independent Film Festival in 2017.
Preston joins us as a featured guest during the 2025 Artists Salon Series on Monday, April 21, 2025, from 7 pm – 9 pm, on Zoom. You can learn more about the salons and find the registration link to attend here.
Lisa sings and plays with The Therapy Sisters, Nonviolent Austin, and The Raging Grannies. Creativity, music, and social justice are her current trinity. thetherapysistersmusic.com
Lisa joins us as a featured guest during the 2025 Artists Salon Series on Monday, April 14, 2025, from 7 pm – 9 pm, on Zoom. You can learn more about the salons and find the registration link to attend here.
Join in a Beloved drum circle to welcome the Winter Solstice. All levels are welcome. Bring a drum or other percussion instrument (we’ll also have some available for use). Sunday, December 22, 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm, in the Wildflower Community Room.
Looking for a resource to help recharge your social, emotional, or spiritual batteries? Listen to our curated music playlist from our Community Recharge Day gathering event held in our Wildflower Community Room on Sunday, November 10, 2024.
Time for All Ages (TFAA) and music are our Sunday sermons this summer. In July, our worship services center on the theme of WATER. Here is the TFAA story and music for reflection from Sunday, July 7, 2024. May their lessons resonate with your spirit.
Time For All Ages: Reflect on the Story
Book: Tale of the Sands
(Listen and watch the read aloud video below, or read the e-book online, free. It’s also available in print at your local library or bookseller.)
How can emptying your mind help you to see new possibilities?
How can we decide the waves we give?
Was there ever a time when your first judgment of a person or a situation was wrong? How did this affect your relationship or connection to the people around you? Do you know where this feeling originated from? How can you avoid this in the future? Forgive yourself and promise to be more flexible like waves in the water in the future.
Think about a time when your rigidity in a disagreement caused further conflict. When looking back, would being more flexible have improved the situation? How could you have been more flexible? In the future, try to be more flexible like the waves in the water.
Was there ever a time when your value system was tested? Did your heart and your mind not align in the same resolution? Have you ever had to re-evaluate your value system in order to more align with your heart? Let your heart bend and be flexible like the waves in the water.
As you move throughout your week, are there any ways you can make your heart and mind more flexible and open to change so that they are free to move with the force and the motion of the waves?
