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Melissa Blount

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healing healer, maker, menopausal rager

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Our Fall Course Writing in the Matriarchy is underway, and it is anchored by a group of truly amazing Fellows. First, I am honored and excited to welcome Melissa Blount! I first saw Melissa Blount's brilliance when I watched her interview the extraordinary @prentishemphill. I had spent all week at typical literary events, which were intellectual and excellent, but that never questioned the self-interest behind the whole charade. I arrived tired, wondering if I had the energy for yet another reading, and then the evening healed me. It cracked me open into greater softness, humanity, and light. I watched as Melissa asked questions from a place of genuine inquiry, respect, and vulnerability, and unfolded a conversation that was itself a form of personal, ancestral, and cultural healing. That's what this is all about! We have the capacity to shift our culture moment by moment, just in the way we hold space for one another to tell the truth in conversation and on the page. I am thrilled that Melissa is doing this as one of the Fellows leading breakout rooms in my course. Later, I was honored to have Melissa interview me about my own book. She arrived with my manuscript packed with about 50 post it notes (girl after my own heart) and asked questions that were illuminating, human, and honest. I have also attended her collaborative quilting workshops that bring women together to stitch and commemorate Black women who have been lost to domestic violence. It is not easy to be awake in this world, to feel the historical and present-day injustices so acutely. We need our sisters in this process, and need to help each other reach the next level of healing and awareness. Thank you to Melissa Blount for being a truly beautiful part of this Fall Course!

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Heading to the WGN studios with my Little Free Fan Library. @beingblount and I have few minutes in the studio with the Daytime Chicago crew to talk about Hot Flashes & Fierce Tales at @theskokie tomorrow night.

Who knows? There might even be a cameo of @dunnewithmenopause sporting her patch.

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Did you know that October is National Menopause Awareness Month? It is! And we have the perfect show for you. Hot Flashes & Fierce Tales is about to break all the taboos and make you laugh, and feel all the feels while they’re doing it! Ticket link in bio.
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Hot Flashes & Fierce Tales

Stories from Menopause, Midlife, and Beyond

Laughs, life lessons, and relatable stories for women who sizzle at any age!

We put conversations about menopause and being a “woman of a certain age” in the spotlight, giving our fears and concerns not just a voice, but a microphone.

Our gifted storytellers will normalize what it means to be a complicated human. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll feel understood.

Featuring talented local storytellers:

Melissa Blount, Rina Campbell, Sofia Javed, Debi Lewis, Rebecca Lindell, Monica Matsakis, Amy Meadows, Kim Moldofsky, and Amy Sumpter

Lobby bar opens at 6:00 pm, house opens 6:30 pm

#menopauseawarenessmonth #chicagostorytelling #hotflashes #skokieillinois

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Every Aspect Is Vivid opens this Thursday, September 3 at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN

Lecture at 2:30 p
Reception at 3:30 p

Shout out to Professor Ian Weaver for inviting me to exhibit and @beingblount for helping me install and her insight and feedback back through the whole process.

Big thank you to @sonnenzimmer for inspiration and printing help and @therealkristaf for her inspiring words in the creation of new work.

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And just like that, In the Absence of Space has come to a close.

Thank you to everyone who stepped through the doors at @grovegalleryevanston to see the exhibition in person, and to everyone who supported us online with your beautiful messages, shares, and photos. Your energy truly kept us going!

It has been an absolute privilege to share this space and journey with the @evanstonaspa community. In a world that can feel so fragmented, there is something profoundly beautiful about the way art bridges the gaps between us.Seeing our diverse cultures and ethnicities weave together through art over the last few weeks was incredibly moving. It’s amazing how creativity can build an instant bridge between different communities, allowing us to simply pause and appreciate one another.

A heartfelt thank you to the @evanstonaspa team for curating such an amazing exhibition and bringing this vision to life.

Shoutout to my daughter @amna._ah for baking the best cupcakes!

Thank you all for being the best part of this journey!

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See this Star-struck print by Melissa Blount in the current exhibition at the Grove Gallery in Downtown Evanston. Address: 619 Grove Street between Chicago and Sherman Avenues. #downtownevanston #evanstonmade #evanstonartscouncil #artforyourhome #aspa

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We’re having another garage sale on Sunday.

We have more great items and this time the price is pay what you can. We need to move it and we would love you to have it.

If you missed us today, come by tomorrow from 10am - 1 pm at 1811 Greenwood St in Evanston.

We’re in the house and in the garage. Come say hello and take something off our open and welcoming hands. Pay what you can.

Share with your friends and see you tomorrow!

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In just a few weeks, I fly to Thin Ice Press in York, UK to work with historic DeLittle pantographs and type patterns! I’ll have 8 weeks to do cataloging and try to get the pantograph cutting type again. What a thrilling use of my type cutting experience!
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This important work is only partially funded, and you can help! See my LinkTree for details.
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A heartily saw-dusted (but completely hypoallergenic) ‘thank you’ to those who have inspired me (they're tagged). This is the first wave of gratitude going out to people whose energy, creativity, and encouragement were crucial in getting me to this point. Stay tuned for additional waves of gratitude coming ashore!
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#WoodType #TypeHistory #PrintingHistory #LetterpressPrinting #TypeCutters

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@beingblount is super talented!! Come see the show and her beautiful quilts!!! #cityofevanston #fjtheatre

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The cast of @fjtheatre production of Gee’s Bend working with @beingblount in preparation for the play opening on May 23. The play, by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder and directed by @timrhoze, will run through June 7 and and is shaping up to be another can’t-miss production. Tickets are on sale now.

#fleetwoodjourdain #evanstontheatre

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