KRCB-FM: Sonoma Spotlight

Rumi’s Caravan Wednesdays at Hospice House March 13th, 20th, 2019 Rumi’s Caravan was first assembled in Sebastopol, CA in 2000 as a vehicle to convey our love of the oral tradition of poetry. It is our experience that when poetry – learned by heart and embodied – is spoken, it carries something of Soul with it and is, at once, more apprehensible and more meaningful to the listener than poetry read from a page. The original intention was three-fold: • To support local community benefit organizations • To build community • To help restore the oral tradition of poetry, to inspire audiences with a new imagination of the possible. Ever since, the Caravan has delighted audiences at our annual signature event in Sonoma County combining music, poetry and festivity. Often, Sima Vaghti has generously provided a Persian feast. Critics have called us “the premier poetry event of the year for the North Bay.” The Caravan is both an event and a performance company. In addition to the annual event in Sonoma County, the