BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Center for Process Studies - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Center for Process Studies X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ctr4process.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Center for Process Studies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251119T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251120T060000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033946 CREATED:20250925T180728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T005813Z UID:10000028-1763514000-1763618400@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Whitehead for Education\, the Humanities\, and the Social Sciences: In Pursuit of a Metamorphosis of Pedagogy DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/whitehead-for-education-the-humanities-and-the-social-sciences-in-pursuit-of-a-metamorphosis-of-pedagogy/ CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Whitehead-for-Education-Event-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251118T190000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033946 CREATED:20251103T212609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T235958Z UID:10000033-1763488800-1763492400@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Poetry at Play: Reading\, Conversation and Making DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/poetry-at-play-reading-conversation-and-making/ CATEGORIES:Interactive Arts Exploration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Poetry-at-Play-Reading-Conversation-and-Making-Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251118T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033946 CREATED:20251015T043833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T044315Z UID:10000031-1763485200-1763488800@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: Eco-Psychology\, Plant Medicine\, and the Sacred Earth DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-pop-up-eco-psychology-plant-medicine-and-the-sacred-earth/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Eco-Psychology-Plant-Medicine-and-the-Sacred-Earth-Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251115T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251115T140000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033946 CREATED:20251113T074059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T074546Z UID:10000037-1763204400-1763215200@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:World Goodwill Seminar | Envisioning a New Global Culture: The Search for Unity between East and West DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/world-goodwill-seminar-envisioning-a-new-global-culture-the-search-for-unity-between-east-and-west/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/World-Goodwill-Seminar-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T103000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033946 CREATED:20251029T173009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T230910Z UID:10000032-1763110800-1763116200@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Possibility Spaces in Cosmology\, Biology\, and Beyond DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/possibility-spaces-in-cosmology-biology-and-beyond/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Possibility-Spaces-in-Cosmology-Biology-and-Beyond-Header-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033946 CREATED:20250919T183126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T183818Z UID:10000025-1762362000-1762365600@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: A Brief History of God: From Nature Spirits to Cosmic Consciousness DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-pop-up-a-brief-history-of-god-from-nature-spirits-to-cosmic-consciousness/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/A-Brief-History-of-God-Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251018T160000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033946 CREATED:20250924T193452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T194256Z UID:10000027-1760630400-1760803200@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Theology Beer Camp: The Quest for the Holy Stein DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/theology-beer-camp-the-quest-for-the-holy-stein/ CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Theology-Beer-Camp-2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251014T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251014T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20251001T235532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251012T072305Z UID:10000030-1760461200-1760464800@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Carasoul: Animating the Imaginal Mind with Kaeti MacNeil DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/carasoul-animating-the-imaginal-mind-with-kaeti-macneil/ CATEGORIES:Presentation,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Carasoul-Animating-the-Imaginal-Mind-Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251009T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251009T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250926T012341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T012623Z UID:10000029-1760027400-1760032800@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Special Event | Renewing Faith: Reigniting Faith and Ministry through Process and Open & Relational Theologies DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/special-event-renewing-faith-reigniting-faith-and-ministry-through-process-and-open-relational-theologies/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Renewing-Faith-Reigniting-Faith-and-Ministry-through-Process-and-Open-Relational-Theologies-Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251005T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251005T170000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250924T030933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T031418Z UID:10000026-1759672800-1759683600@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:The 2025 Pando Sustainability Awards DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/the-2025-pando-sustainability-awards/ CATEGORIES:Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Pando-Awards-2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251003T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251003T151500 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250904T221657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T231909Z UID:10000023-1759474800-1759504500@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Liberating Theology and Ethics for the Common Good: The Contribution of Schubert M. Ogden and Franklin I. Gamwell DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/liberating-theology-and-ethics-for-the-common-good-the-contribution-of-schubert-m-ogden-and-franklin-i-gamwell/ CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Liberating-Theology-and-Ethics-for-the-Common-Good-The-Contribution-of-Schubert-M.-Ogden-and-Franklin-I.-Gamwell.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250916T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250916T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250904T215923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T222500Z UID:10000022-1758042000-1758045600@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: Psychedelics\, Religion\, and Transformation DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-pop-up-psychedelics-religion-and-transformation/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Psychedelics-Religion-and-Transformation-Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250913T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250913T160000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250904T231509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T232645Z UID:10000024-1757750400-1757779200@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Frontiers of Knowledge DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/frontiers-of-knowledge/ CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Frontiers-of-Knowledge-CPS-Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250403T203811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T205035Z UID:10000011-1746032400-1746036000@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: The God of the Growing Edge: Whitehead and Thurman on Theology\, Spirituality\, and Social Change DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-pop-up-the-god-of-the-growing-edge-whitehead-and-thurman-on-theology-spirituality-and-social-change/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-God-of-the-Growing-Edge-Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250415T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250415T120000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250325T160234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T214954Z UID:10000008-1744711200-1744718400@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Explorations: As We Think\, We Live: Critical Challenges for Educational Systems and Teachers with Chris Hughes DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-explorations-as-we-think-we-live-critical-challenges-for-educational-systems-and-teachers-with-chris-hughes/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Chris-Hughes-As-We-Think-We-Live-Critical-Challenges-for-Educational-Systems-and-Teachers-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250410T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250410T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250403T202452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T202838Z UID:10000009-1744304400-1744308000@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: A Tale of Two Narratives: Judeo-Christian Perspectives on Creation and Salvation DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-pop-up-a-tale-of-two-narratives-judeo-christian-perspectives-on-creation-and-salvation/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/A-Tale-of-Two-Narratives-Header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250408T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250408T120000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250403T215848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T221110Z UID:10000012-1744106400-1744113600@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Explorations: The Untrolling Project with Thandeka & Jennifer Jennings DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-explorations-the-untrolling-project-with-thandeka-jennifer-jennings/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Thandeka-Jennifer-Jennings-The-Untrolling-Project-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250401T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250401T120000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250322T205759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250322T210256Z UID:10000007-1743501600-1743508800@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Healing our Collective Pain: Whitehead\, Jung\, and Transformation with Sheri Kling DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! 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URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-explorations-healing-our-collective-pain-whitehead-jung-and-transformation-with-sheri-kling/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250327T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250327T120000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250312T181209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T183214Z UID:10000003-1743071400-1743076800@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Philosophy\, Cultural Evolution\, and the Hemisphere Hypothesis: A Lecture and Dialogue between Iain McGilchrist and Steve McIntosh DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/philosophy-cultural-evolution-and-the-hemisphere-hypothesis-a-lecture-and-dialogue-between-iain-mcgilchrist-and-steve-mcintosh/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Philosophy-Cultural-Evolution-and-the-Hemisphere-Hypothesis-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250325T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250325T120000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250317T142140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250322T204222Z UID:10000005-1742896800-1742904000@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Explorations: The US and its Global Leadership for Refugees with Eric Shafer\, Sid Mohn\, and Karla Leitzman DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-explorations-the-us-and-its-global-leadership-for-refugees-with-eric-shafer-sid-mohn-and-karla-leitzman/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250318T173000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250317T153353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T154443Z UID:10000006-1742313600-1742319000@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Teilhard and Whitehead on Hope with Jay McDaniel and Ernie Tamminga DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/teilhard-and-whitehead-on-hope-with-jay-mcdaniel-and-ernie-tamminga/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Teilhard-and-Whitehead-on-Hope-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250318T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250318T120000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250317T141315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T151315Z UID:10000004-1742292000-1742299200@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Explorations: The Practice\, Spirituality\, and History of Ramadan with Jared Morningstar DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-explorations-the-practice-spirituality-and-history-of-ramadan-with-jared-morningstar/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250227T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250227T180000 DTSTAMP:20260501T033947 CREATED:20250219T193542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T151452Z UID:10000002-1740675600-1740679200@ctr4process.org SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: From Amipotence to All-Encompassing Mercy: Integrating Oord’s Theology of Love into the Islamic Tradition DESCRIPTION:This SPARKS Exchange will feature a brief exposition of maqām (Middle Eastern modal) music focusing on Tanburi Cemil Bey’s “Hicazkâr Saz Semai” as a template for appreciation of the unique process of modulation that is prevalent in Middle Eastern music. Abdessamad Mason Zantow will present on the lâvta (Istanbul lute)\, an instrument played by Tanburi Cemil Bey and a cousin of the oud and modern guitar. Abdessamad is a core member of Ensemble Shamaali\, a small Wisconsin-based Middle Eastern music ensemble that seeks to bring classical Arabic and Turkish music to audiences in a contemporary and unique manner. You can listen to Ensemble Shamaali’s music here.  SPARKS Exchange is a monthly online gathering that features a presentation by and dialogue with an artist\, as well as an interactive art exchange in which attendees have the opportunity to participate in an activity that sparks their creativity. Click here to learn more about or join the SPARKS Cohort. \n \n \n \n RSVP NOW\n \n \n \n \n Featuring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow \n \n Abdessamad Mason Zantow is a performer on the oud\, lâvta (Istanbul lute) and buzuq (Arab bouzouki) as well as a singer of Muwashshah (Arabo-Andalusian secular and Sufi love poetry) and Turkish ilahi (Sufi songs) and other works from the Ottoman classical tradition. After forming several musical projects spanning from popular genres to the avant-garde\, he eventually traveled to Varanasi\, India where he studied Hindustani classical music and Qawwali. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has had many formative music teachers including his late Uncle Thomas Zantow\, Eric Ederer\, Evgenios Voulgaris and most recently Ustadh Khaled Alhafez who is a master performer of the Muwashshah from Aleppo\, Syria. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP for this Event \n \n Thank you for your interest! This event has concluded and the RSVP has closed. Subscribe to the Center for Process Studies on YouTube here to be notified when the recording is posted! \n \n Disclaimer: This event is open to the public and will be recorded. If you choose to enable your camera or participate in any discussions\, your voice and likeness will be recorded\, and may be posted on the Center for Process Studies websites and social media\, or included in CPS materials and/or publications for noncommercial purposes. If you do not want your voice or likeness to be shared in any public venues\, please send an email to optout@ctr4process.org. URL:https://ctr4process.org/event/process-pop-up-from-amipotence-to-all-encompassing-mercy-integrating-oords-theology-of-love-into-the-islamic-tradition/ CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ctr4process.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Process-Pop-Ups-From-Amipotence-to-All-Encompassing-Mercy-Header.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR