

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Bleak to Bliss: Coping with Todays Madness
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: How do you cope with the current environment with all that is happening? Join us in person with Sheila Gaskins  or On-LineAbout this EventZoom link sent with registration. Recording sent to all registered.How do you find a place to put all of this madness? We'll share as a group and also in breakouts, using feelings and needs to guide us.Maya Angelou - “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."Sheila brings a long history of race facilitation, clever observations, activism, and art making. She uses Art to make sense of her world and she encourages you to try something new. Sheila is certified in Alternatives to Violence Project Facilitation (AVP) and has experience with Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Virtues. See more comprehensive bio below her photo.More Information: This event occurs monthly on the third Sunday to support NVC understanding and practice.We welcome new participants at any level. If you're already skilled in NVC, we would enjoy sharing support and companionship.$$ info: The requested fee is $5-$40 per person. Please don't let cost keep you from showing up.More about NVC- Nonviolent Communication internationally or locally  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/c8015590-cfbb-11f0-b17a-4f20a69cda01-rimg-w555-h740-dc1a131a-gmir.jpg Sheila Gaskins is a Teaching Artist,Puppeteer, Activist, Playwright, Stand-Up Comic, Arts Advocate, Critical Response Process and Arts-based Civic Dialogue Facilitator,Cultural Worker, Author and Healer. Puppeteer at The Eugene O’Neal Puppetry Conference 2025 where she debuted her shadow puppet piece, My Mother has Dementia.The true story of her mother’s relationship with her black purse; the black purse that swallows everything. Free Fall Baltimore Recipient with a grant for the community to make puppets.The film short, My Mother the Clown written and directed by Nia Hampton debuted in The Baltimore International Black Film Festival presented by SOGAA. The film, My Mother The Clown, won the  Audience Award - Narrative Short 2025.MMTC, is the story of 3 generations of Caregivers. Sheila is the Clown and Nia is her daughter. Recipient of The Grit Fund and Alternate Roots Grant for: Puppets, Masks and Crankiest: Shifting the Story. A city wide effort to introduce Puppetry and Puppet making to residents of Baltimore City and surrounding counties.Author of her first book of poetry and prose, A Whistling Girl and a Crowing Hen never comes to a very good end and other things my Mama said. Book Club Favorite.Her movie / TV credits include: My Mother the Clown, RED Prior, The Corner, The Wire,Homicide:Life on the Streets, BET Comicview,Last Comic Standing &amp; The Salon.Puppetry is one of the oldest forms of storytelling. Everyone has a story and the world will be  a better place when we all get a chance to hear one another ‘s stories.When Sheila is not creating, she enjoys spending time with family,blowing bubbles and eating Maryland Blue Crabs.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbia
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Serenity Center
- **lat**: 39.2139531
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- **full address**: The Serenity Center, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm
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  - **A:** The Serenity Center, 9650 Basket Ring Rd, Columbia, MD 21045, United States
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
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- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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