A participant in Up A Creek Theatre walks us through an ordinary day inside Coffee Creek, from the 4:30 AM wake-up through work in the carpentry shop to an evening prayer. Small freedoms, hard indignities, and quiet grace.
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At the music lab at Columbia River Correctional Institution, people come together to make music, try new things, and share what they’ve been working on. One night, something happened that nobody expected. It started with a jam session and turned into a moment that reminded us why making music together matters.
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This story describes a ukulele class at South Fork Fire Camp from the perspective of the facilitator.
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Navigating interpersonal conflicts and hostility, which many incarcerated women face, is at the heart of the show.
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When M walked into the chapel for Music Lab his first Sunday night, he was still recovering from intake trauma.… Read More

She didn’t think of herself as a songwriter, just someone who loved music… Read More

She sat in the life skills director’s office, sharing a dream she’d carried for years—to start a nonprofit that would teach people to draw, paint, and express themselves… Read More

…more than a hobby. It gave me a mirror.
A way to see not who I was—but who I could be.… Read More

I’ve had one pointed at me before—more than once. I’ve lived through things that demanded toughness, quick thinking, survival. But nothing compared to …… Read More

Uke ‘n Play Music Recital On September 20th, students in the long-running ukulele program at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in … Read More

Prison Tattoos The Department of Corrections provides training in order to become a card carrying volunteer. Some of that training … Read More

Blue, on helping https://youtu.be/zFFOV9Ok2Hw?si=gMycG01kZ-XR9-aO Panel Discussion at Hollywood Theatre, post In the Beginning screening. “The struggle is real when people … Read More