Upcoming Events
Nature Book Club
Saturday mornings 10:00-11:30 am
July 26, August 23, September 27
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
21850 N Riverwoods Rd
Riverwoods, IL
The Brushwood Nature Book Club is a place to talk about and explore nature literature in a friendly environment. Each meeting includes discussion, creative writing, and art activities to engage with the themes of the chosen book, led by Brushwood's Poet-in-Residence Kathryn Haydon, and writer-artist Megan Donahue.
Our summer series of meetings is focused on the work of the 2025 Smith Nature Symposium Honoree, Robin Wall Kimmerer. In July and August, we'll read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, and in September, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World.
Register for free here:
Water(color) for the Soul Final Performance
Kathryn Haydon is poet-in-residence at Brushwood Center where Black Moon Trio performed military veterans’ compositions which were based on original graphic scores inspired by Kathryn Haydon’s book Unsalted Blue Sunrise. See the scores and listen to the inspiring compositions here.
Past Events
Haiku Reading at Mother Earth Market
Saturday, May 10 - 11 am CDT
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
21850 N Riverwoods Rd
Riverwoods, IL
Join Brushwood Center's Poet-in-Residence, Kathryn Haydon, in a reading of original haiku poetry as a part of the 2025 Mother Earth Market! Free registration here.
Nature Poetry Reading
Saturday, April 19 - 12-1:30 pm CDT
Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Route 53
Lisle, IL
Kathryn will be featured as one of the nature poets during this poetry reading.
Book Launch Event: A Love Letter to Deep Souls
Sunday, March 9 at 4:00 pm CDT
Secret World Books
1774 Second Street
Highland Park, IL
Members Live Chat
Thursday, February 27 at 2 pm CDT
Deep Soul Strengths Chat
Expressions and Verse
Saturday, March 29 - 1-3 pm CDT
Addison Center For the Arts
213 N Lombard Rd
Addison, IL
View a visual art exhibition and listen to live readings from poets who wrote ekphrastic poems (poems inspired by visual art) to correspond with each piece in the exhibit.