Fort Worden State Park

Body Prayer Workshop - A 3-day Soul Motion™ Experience! with Zuza Engler

Madrona MindBody Institute - Port Townsend's well-being and moving arts center at Fort Worden presents:

BODY PRAYER with Zuza Engler
    October 10th, 11th & 12th, 2008

Body Prayer a wild and luminous offering of the body in motion to this sacred Presence that is continually breathing us into Being.

This workshop is not so much an invitation to dance, as it is an enticement to enter into a spirited engagement with Life.

Open to dedicated dance devotees, beginning movers, and all curious and willing to meet self and other.

Zuza Enger has been on the spiral path of the kinesthetic investigation into consciousness for over two decades, in motion, stillness and process inquiry. She is a long-term student and practioner of Buddhism, Soul Motion™ and Gestalt Awareness Practice,  Zuza teaches regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, and Internationally - she  is on the faculty of the Soul Motion™ Teacher Certification Program.   

October 10th (6-9:30 p.m.), 11th (11:00-5:00 p.m.) and 12th (12:00 - 4:30 p.m.)

Registration: $285. Onsite accommodations available. For more information and to sign-up online  (then click on "Workshop" tab.)

Madrona MindBody Institute
www.madronamindbody.com
200 Battery Way, Building 310
Port Townsend,  WA 98368
(360) 344-4475

Unbeatable Rates on Great Dates!

Fort Worden offers year-round packages and specials promotions for independent adventure seekers along with corporate meeting & event planners.

Check back often as deals and dates are offered for very limited times! Other terms and conditions may apply.

Pick a Packages & Specials category to explore:

1. Individuals / independent adventure seekers
2. Groups & Conferences:

• Day-Use Meetings
• Overnight Meetings or Conferences

Contact us.  Send us your meeting RFP

Delicious In-Room Dining options

Arriving late (and hungry) to Fort Worden?  No problem....

Jay’s Italian Beef Lasagna
All natural beef sautéed with Oregano, thyme and Italian seasonings layered with ricotta and mozzarella cheeses and tender lasagna noodles. Served with a Caesar salad and quick reheat instructions.

Hope’s Vegetarian Lasagna
Locally grown vegetables, layered with ricotta, mozzarella cheeses and tender lasagna noodles. Served with a Caesar salad and quick reheat instructions.

Dinners delivered to your accommodations prior to your arrival at Fort Worden! $10.95 plus tax and delivery - $14.00 per person. To order, call 360-344-4441 or order on-line. Please allow a 4 hour lead time with all orders. Must order before 3 p.m. for next day delivery. 4 person minimum order.

Endorse the Centennial 2013 Plan

Centennial 2013

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is preparing for a second century ofstate parks and a 100th birthday celebration in 2013.

You are invited to endorse the Centennial 2013 Plan. Link to plan

Your group also may choose to adopt one of the 100 Connections park improvement projects outlined in the plan. (Fort Worden is an ideal recommendation!)

Your name may appear in State Parks information materials. You may also receive e-mail updates about the Centennial 2013 plan and its progress. Let's get your state parks ready for a grand birthday and generations of new visitors to come.

Endorsement Form on-line

Bill Evans Returns to Fort Worden

Internationally-acclaimed dancer and choreographer Bill Evans will return to Fort Worden to teach a workshop for professional dance educators, August 10 through 17, and to present an informal concert of contemporary dance on August 15, 2008.

The dance performance will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Fort Worden Chapel, just inside the gate on the left.  Tickets will be available only at the door, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on the day of the performance.  To reserve a seat, one can email Bill Evans at billevansdance@hotmail.com.  Admission will be $10 general and $5 students.

Mr. Evans, who has taught and performed at Fort Worden on more than a dozen occasions since 1980, will perform himself in the west coast premiere of THREE PRELUDES FOR LILA (2007), a fusion of rhythm tap dance and Evans’ unique style of contemporary dance which he choreographed to music by George Gershwin.

“Evans’ dynamic control captivated the audience as his feet took on impressive runs, which looked effortless….Evans’ style simultaneously brought smiles and tears to the audience as he dance for the joy of dance…His brilliant efforts were rewarded with a standing ovation at the end of the evening.”—Scott Iwasaki, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, July 4, 2008

Don Halquist and Heather Roffe, members of the Bill Evans Dance Company, now based in western New York, will perform one of Evans signature contemporary works, ALTERNATING CURRENT, which was choreographed at Fort Worden during an Evans company residency.  Music is by David Sannella and Simon Jeffes.

Other artists include:  Debra Wright Knapp, former Evans company member who now directs the dance program at New Mexico State University, in Las Cruces;  Kerry Kreiman, artistic director of Contemporary Dance Fort Worth, Texas;  Deborah Birrane, solo dance artist based in Seattle;  Cathy Davalos, director of the dance department at St. Mary’s College in northern California;  Robbyn Scott, free-lance artist from Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, and Lori Haman, free-lance artist from Victoria, BC.

The evening will include brief informal talks with the audience by some of the artists and will include a variety of contemporary dance styles and music.

August 14th - Miniature Woodworking Tools: John Maki

            

"I'm retired and live on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. I've been creating miniature tools for 10 years, learning the basics of table-top machining in the process. Each of the miniature tools that I have produced are part of that education and are part of my personal collection."

Come see John's exquisite work and a presentation of his on his methods and technniques.

August 14th at 6:30pm

Free Admission

Port Townsend School of Woodworking,
Building 315, Fort Worden
(360) 344-4455
info@ptwoodschool.com
www.ptwoodschool.com

July 24th - Introduction to Handtools: Jim Tolpin

Or putting the Woo! Woo! back into Woodworking.

Working wood with hand-powered tools is, in many cases, not only more appropriate but they are quiet, do not make dust and are a whole lot more fun to use. Come watch Jim Tolpin demonstrate smoothing boards, paring joints and making moldings with hand planes and cutting dovetails and other complex joints quickly with a hand saw.

Jim Tolpin is a founder of the Port Townsend School of Woodworking and a nationally known woodworking author.

Free Admission

6:30pm July 24th

Port Townsend School of Woodworking
Building 315, Fort Worden
Port Townsend, WA 98368
www.ptwoodschool.com
info@ptwoodschool.com
(360) 344-4455

Atlas Eclipticalis in the Cistern

Mark your calendars now--August 22. 8:30pm.

Those of you who attended the Stuart Dempster cistern concert during our 2007 Chamber Music Festival remember what a special performance it was. 45 second reverb. Surround sound on the lawn above the 4 million gallon underground water tank at Fort Worden's Artillery Hill.

Well, we're upping the ante.

On the date that you have now marked on your calendar, Matt Kocmieroski, Walter Gray and Seth Krimsky (both of the Seattle Symphony), along with Stuart Dempster, will perform the landmark modernist work Atlas Eclipticalis, by John Cage.

Composed via star charts, Atlas Eclipticalis takes listeners on a journey. Listening to it within the context of the cistern, while looking at the stars? We feel this will simply be an incredible experience.

It's a free concert, and we hope you can join us. Learn more by visiting our performance page.

Mark your calendars now--August 22. 8:30pm.

Those of you who attended the Stuart Dempster cistern concert during our 2007 Chamber Music Festival remember what a special performance it was. 45 second reverb. Surround sound on the lawn above the 4 million gallon underground water tank at Fort Worden's Artillery Hill.

Well, we're upping the ante.

On the date that you have now marked on your calendar, Matt Kocmieroski, Walter Gray and Seth Krimsky (both of the Seattle Symphony), along with Stuart Dempster, will perform the landmark modernist work Atlas Eclipticalis, by John Cage.

Composed via star charts, Atlas Eclipticalis takes listeners on a journey. Listening to it within the context of the cistern, while looking at the stars? We feel this will simply be an incredible experience.

It's a free concert, and we hope you can join us. Learn more by visiting our performance page.