In the Bardo of Grief: Part Four

Wendell Berry, the Studebaker Museum, the demise of jazz clubs--and how it all fits together

Jun 29 • Elias Crim

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Building Our Missing Care Infrastructure: Elevate's New "Coop of Coops"

How the ICA Group is helping home care businesses become viable while delivering quality care

Jun 25 • Elias Crim

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April 2026

An Invitation to Read Dante's Purgatorio

Let's go back to the Garden--in 10 ninety-minute sessions, starting May 5

Apr 8 • Elias Crim

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February 2026

Matt Hancock on Italian social co-ops

Today (2/4) at noon EST from the Rocky Mt EO Center's Community of Practice

Feb 4 • Elias Crim

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January 2026

Reading Group: Dante's Inferno (Jan. 18-March 22)

An invitation to hear the voices in the pages.

Jan 2 • Elias Crim and Samantha Rose Hill

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December 2025

The kind of community hub we need: The Mulberry

A chance to become part of the new Baltimore Community Commons

Dec 10, 2025 • Elias Crim

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November 2025

Announcing The School of Public Life: Thinking with Hannah Arendt

Thinking and politics/citizenship must be put back together.

Nov 7, 2025 • Elias Crim

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In the Bardo of Grief: Part Three

Karma underground; soured dreamlands; collapse of the pride economy

Nov 4, 2025 • Elias Crim

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October 2025

In the Bardo of Grief: Part Two

The Great Silence, abandonment, and Illich on the art of suffering.

Oct 17, 2025 • Elias Crim

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In the Bardo of Grief

What happens when a culture lacks the public rituals needed to "metabolize" decades of shared suffering?

Oct 1, 2025 • Elias Crim

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August 2025

It's time for Community Incubators

Let's turn the neighborhood into an ecosystem for creating quality jobs. Here's a blueprint.

Aug 25, 2025 • Elias Crim

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July 2025

Where Are Our Dream Blueprints?

We're not thinking big enough--so we're not planning big enough.

Jul 29, 2025 • Elias Crim

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