Singer/songwriter Erica Wheeler at MHC Nov. 10

Posted: October 29, 2009

On Tuesday, November 10, Erica Wheeler, an award-winning singer/songwriter and national touring artist with five critically acclaimed recordings to her credit, will teach a writing workshop, “The Soulful Landscape,” from 4:30 to 6 pm in the Cassani Lounge, Shattuck Hall.

The workshop is open to all Five College students. Following the workshop, Wheeler will give a concert, which is open to the public, at 7:30 pm in the Blanchard Campus Center Great Room.

Wheeler offers her audience a deep sense of connection and a renewed sense of place and belonging. Her album, Good Summer Rain, sponsored in part by The Trust for Public Land, was hailed as “an imaginative, unforgettable journey through the American landscape and the lives lived there. Each song beautifully evokes the relationships between people and place today, spanning from the intimate streets of Greenwich Village to the sweeping vistas of Jackson Hole and reaching out to where farmland gives way to sprawl and wilderness gives way to industrial growth.”

Wheeler has facilitated “The Soulful Landscape” writing workshop and offered keynote concerts at conferences and events across the country. Her extensive background in the performing arts, combined with her lifelong passion for environmental studies, cultural history, and spirituality provide a unique and transformative experience.

“Erica's outstanding workshop reminded us how deeply the arts can strengthen the voice and lend confidence to expressing one’s own understanding of place,” said Alesia Maltz, Department of Environmental Studies, Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, New Hampshire.

This event is cosponsored by the Center for the Environment, the Environmental Studies Program, and the Office of Student Programs. Both events are free and wheelchair accessible.

For more information, contact the Center for the Environment at 413-538-3091.

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