The Living Room Start Off Party at the new Location!!!

Party and Performance Night ~ Saturday, June 2nd!

We are also having a great performance night and a party on Saturday, June 2nd!  You can bring your art work to share.  Just contact Yvonne (yrueegg@gmail.com) with the details of your performance.  Also, sign up here if you would like to take part and add what you would like to bring along.  Everyone bring your own barbeque meat.  It's going to be a wonderful evening! Painting by Andreas Hafner: www.andreas-hafner.ch.

This Thursday at The Living Room: Lydia Meier's Poetry and Yellow Cake with Strawberry Filling & Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting

The Living Room is this Thursday, April 5th, 7-9PM! To celebrate spring, we're offering homemade Yellow Cake with Strawberry Filling and Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting. Yum. There wasn't enough time during the last meeting to share all the great talent, so this month we have a special time for Lydia Meier to read her poetry and share the motivation for her writing with us. As always, there will be good food, inspiring art, and great times had by all. We hope to see you there!

Location: Hadlaubstrasse 103, Zurich (map).

Please RSVP to let us know you're coming!

Signup for our March 24th Creative Saturday ~ Deadline Sunday, March 18th!

The deadline to sign up for the March 24th Creative Saturday is fast approaching ~ if you would like to attend, lead a workshop, or share your creativity in the performance evening, you must sign up by midnight, Sunday, March 18th!

Click here to sign up or

contact Yvonne at yrueegg@gmail.com with your questions.

Need to know what Creative Saturdays are all about? Click here for more info!

The Living Room Gatherings a great success ~ Upcoming Gathering April 5th, 7-9PM

Our gatherings are becoming more and more fun and packed with meaning.

We've seen the work of wedding dress designer, Christine O'Kennedy, and heard the poetry of Lydia Meier.

Hilarie Burke shared the Critical Response Format developed by The Dance Exchange in Washington D.C. and Zipporah Wood gave an impromptu gospel performance and received great feedback, moderated by Hilarie using this helpful new method.

Thanks to Christine, Lyida, Hilarie, Zipporah, and to Robert Young for bringing the fantastic spread of great food!


(Left: Artist, Bea Müller, models her Doula handbag, designed by Hilarie Burke.)

The Living Room is this Thursday, March 1st @ 7-9PM!

It's a short month, and March 1st is quickly here, so mark your calendars for a great evening of food, art, and discussion. We'll have Robert Young's famous sausage rolls, a poem by Lydia Meier, and a discussion about giving and receiving feedback with Hillarie Burke. We'll also discuss our exciting plans for The Living Room in the upcoming year 2012, including Creative Saturday on March 24th!
As always, there will be art displayed and good times had by all.
We hope to see you there!

Location: Hadlaubstrasse 103, Zurich (map).

Please RSVP to let us know you're coming!

Best,

Audrey, Yvonne, & The Living Room

Creative Saturday ~ March 24th!

Need space and time to do your creative work? How about some inspiration? Creative Saturdays are designed to give you just that. We'll gather at Yvonne Rüegg's amazing home (Grundstrasse 43, 8424 Embrach) for a day of inspiration, workshops, personal time for your art, meals together, and evening performances. There are lots of ways you can be involved and contribute to this exciting day.

Click here to show your interest or

contact Yvonne at yrueegg@gmail.com.

Spaces Available for Creative Saturday ~ March 24 at Grundstrasse 43, Embrach:

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Writing Room

Homemade Waehen This Thursday at The Living Room Gathering

The Living Room is this Thursday, February 2nd @ 7-9PM. We'll have homemade sweet and salty Waehen from our multi-talented Yvonne Rueegg, and an input with discussion about developing the creative process. We'll also discuss our exciting plans for The Living Room in the upcoming year 2012!

Location: Hadlaubstrasse 103, Zurich (map). We hope to see you there!

Please RSVP to let us know you're coming!

Wedding Dress Designer - Christine O'Kennedy

Visit Christine's website.

Upcoming Gathering: Thursday, February 2nd

Our next gathering is

Thursday, February 2nd, 7-9PM!

Location | RSVP

Merry Christmas from The Living Room!

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?”

~Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Wishing you a Holiday Season filled with ribbons, packages, boxes, bags, and a little bit more.

Cheers,

Audrey & The Living Room Team

info@thelivingroom-zurich.com

Hark Designs - Hilarie Burke

Hilarie Burke is a handbag designer here in Switzerland. Click here for more information on upcoming shows, or visit: www.harkdesigns.com.

"One Star Hotel" Christmas Musical - Robert Young

Click here to download the recorded songs from "One Star Hotel" Christmas musical.
Click here to hear a story of how the musical was written.

Butternut Squash Soup ~ Thursday, Nov. 3rd @ 7pm at The Living Room Gathering

Homemade Butternut Squash Soup on a fall evening, sharing art and discussion about creativity...what could be better?

The Living Room is this Thursday, Nov. 3rd @ 7PM. We'll have a poetry reading from the talented Lydia Meier, plus, as always, more art and discussion. Feel free to bring a piece of your own art to share, or just come for the yummy butternut squash soup.

Location: Hadlaubstrasse 103, Zurich (map). We hope to see you there!

Please RSVP to let us know you're coming!

Two Rocks - Yvonne Rüegg

To see more of Yvonne's work, visit www.yrueegg.com.

The Search - Lydia Meier

Home is in the heart, where it starts no one knows.
It doesn't roam with the wind or change with the name that you claim.

It may not be the raising place or the
familiar face greeting you day to day.

Independence or dependence does not hold it's reflection.
Cosy cottage on a sea of glass tranquility.

You're eighteen and free to search and roam
through fits of endless restlessness.

Choices, choices- the car, the plane, the train taking you away.
Still no peace, right or wrong, still no release.

Try a change, seize the day,
Still the chains tie you to the earth.

Joyous pain, hope and hurt again. Run away, run away.
Yet, where it ends is plain, the way clearly marked.

With all the the heart survives
It still never comes home until it dies.

Next Gathering Thursday, October 6th!

All are welcome! Come for the food. Come for the performances. If you like, bring a piece of your work to share. This is your place to be inspired and encouraged, a discussion venue for what matters in your life as an artist.

Location: The Woodhams' living room @ Hadlaubstr. 103, Zurich.
Please RSVP to info@thelivingroom-zurich.com or SMS 077 468 2702.

The Little Yellow Bottle - Christine Delezenne

Angèle Delaunois (Text) & Christine Delezenne (Illustration)

Summer Rain - Jide Nezaj

Life Spiritual Home

Summer rain

Tears of love

Stream from above

Refreshing the heart

Summer rain

Feelings of joy

Sweep over me

Bringing gladness

Summer rain

Full of beauty

Like grace & patience

Of motherhood

Summer rain

Floods the earth

With richness

My feet come alive

Summer rain

Does not hold back

Generously showers

God's kindness

Summer rain

Falls gently

Washing away burdens

Caressing the home

Summer rain

Fulfills its purpose

Loyal to its creator

So blessed to be alive

©Copyright JideNezaj2010

September Gathering an Inspiring Evening

Thanks to all who joined us for the first Living Room in September! We had a great time: lots of yummy food, Yvonne Rüegg shared a painting entitled "The Dancer," and we had an interesting discussion in response to Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk on nurturing creativity.

Watch Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talk on nurturing creativity:Share your thoughts on this topic! Just click on 'comment' below.