Talking history, hypnosis

An excerpt from the Voices of Pueblo: Search for Bridey Murphy podcast episode.

Taylor Blanchard: “The story is really really interesting. The subject of hypnosis at large, while it is sort of a taboo subject, is present in our everyday lives in strange and mysterious ways. Primarily, if you’ve ever bought a chicken sandwich because it looked really juicy and good on the television advertisement that you saw yesterday. You have been a recipient of an effective suggestion, you don’t have to be entranced for that to happen. You just have to passively accept it, and then act on it. So now in the 21st century we are constantly bombarded by Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, television, anything but print. And it has come to us at a breakneck speed, so that our conscious mind can’t keep up, but our subconscious mind accepts everything. Your subconscious mind knows every word in every book you’ve ever read line for line in order and can recall that, at least that’s what’s speculated.

PSJ Podcast features reporter on the case of Bridey Murphy

So, to learn about this story is to understand that studying hypnosis, looking at it from that same skeptical place that Morey did, is a great tool for building up ones mental resiliency. Then being able to see those advertisements or those triggers or that suggestion or that sales tactic out in the real world, consciously see it, and then say I do not accept this. To be able to control what passes that filter into the subconscious mind. That I think is the best takeaway, but there is going to be so much more to explore in the coming months in the Star Journal. We’ve got a couple articles slated now and access to all of Morey Bernstein’s personal records and files, we’re talking everything. The reel to reel of all six hours of that conversation, all of his notes from every hypnotic trance that he performed whether that’s at the hospital or otherwise in his own personal experiments. His letters after the fact to Virginia Tighe, to Doubleday publishing and everyone involved in the media. All to try and clear his own name, to try and get the scandal resolved, but it was just a bear.

I’m hoping to gain some insight in that search, my own search. That’s the other takeaway, we, when encountering this story by the author, are encouraged to look for ourselves. To look in and to ask not only the questions about all that crazy taboo fringe stuff, but also about how much control we have over our own mind. And what this means in the grand scheme of things. I’m really looking forward to inviting that sort of dialogue, as well as sending those who are minded alike to go and really dig deeper into what records we have on the story at large, and see if there’s not something we can’t surface that hasn’t been seen or addressed yet.”

Arts

INKWELL: Analogue’s Creative Writing

Open Mic

7-9 p.m., second Thursdays, Analogue Books & Records, 216 N. Main St.

Kids Story Time

10-11 a.m. Fridays, Analogue Books & Records, 216 N. Main St.

Bridging Gaps: A Crafting Social Support Group

2:30-4 p.m. Saturdays through April 26, Senior Resource Development Agency, 230 N. Union Ave.

Info: 719-583-6611

History

“You Should Have Seen It: Pueblo’s Mineral Palace”

10 a.m.-4 p.m daily through April 1, 2024, El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N. Union Ave.

Info: historycolorado.org

War Memorial Ghost Tours

7-9 p.m. first Saturday of each month, Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, 31001 Magnuson Ave.Info: pwam.org

Celebrating All Things Slovene

April 29-July 31, Pueblo Heritage Museum, 201 W. B St.

Faith

Transformation Oracle Weekend Intensive Workshop with Sonya Shannon

10 a.m.-5 p.m. May 19-20, Karmic Konnection, 125 E. Abriendo Ave.

Interfaith meditation and service

10-11:30 a.m. Sundays, Center for Inner Peace, 740 W. 15th St.

Info: 719-543-2274

Family Events

Pueblo Rocks in the Park

Noon-2 p.m. Fridays, Ray Aguilera Park, 840 W. Northern Ave.

What’s the Buzz? The Life of the Honeybee

Through May 13, Buell Children’s Museum

210 N Santa Fe Ave.

Info: sdc-arts.org

Games

Chaos Games & More

4065 Club Manor Drive

Info: chaosgamesandmore.com

Pokemon, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40K, board game nights and more.

Weekly game schedule available on website.

Game Knight Games

1839 S. Pueblo Blvd.

Info: gameknightgamesllc.com

Pokemon, Dungeovns & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Keyforge, My Hero Academia, board game league and more. Weekly game schedule available on website.

Music

Line Dancing

EZ 4 p.m., Country/Classic 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays, Eagleridge Event Center, 805 Eagleridge Blvd., Suite 170

Info: facebook.com/PuebloDanceCompany

Cocktail Hour with Live Music

7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Analogue Bar,

Check out PSJ’s First Friday Art Walk Guide on page 15 for events specific to Pueblo’s art scene.

222 N. Main St. Info: facebook.com/ AnalogueSolar

Open Mic at Blue Cactus

6-9 p.m. Thursdays, El Nopal’s Blue Cactus Room, 1435 E. Evans Ave. Info: 719-564-9784

Live Music Fridays

7-9 p.m. Fridays, Analogue Bar, 222 N. Main St.

Karaoke Night at The Fallout with KJ Mikey

D.

9-11:30 p.m. Fridays, 1227 S. Prairie Ave. Info: facebook.com/PuebloFallout

Alt Night at Analogue

7-9 p.m. last Saturdays at Analogue Books & Records, 216 N. Main St.

Wellness

Seniors: Riverwalk Walking Group

Meets 10 a.m. Mondays in front of Senior Resource Development Agency (SRDA), 230 N. Union Ave. Info: 719-553-3446 or richmond@srda.org

Yoga and Cocktail Night

5:30 p.m. second Tuesdays

Ren Yoga Flow, 110 W. Fifth St. Analogue Books & Records, 216 N. Main St. Info: renyogaflow.com

Wellbriety Support Meeting

9-10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, Center for Inner Peace, 740 W. 15th St. Info: 719-543-2274

Prenatal Workshop and Support Group

6-7 p.m. last Wednesday of each month, Phoenix Massage, 105 W. Fifth St. Info: socodoulaco@gmail.com

Yoga: Hun Yuan Qi Gong

10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Anahata

Healing Yoga Studio, 3942 Ivywood Lane

$5/class; Wednesdays and Thursdays on Zoom (no charge); Sundays at City Park Ballroom, George L. Williams Pavilion, 801 Goodnight Ave.

Ladies Night Out Self-Defense Training

6-8 p.m. first Friday of the month, Rocky Mountain Empowerment Center, 330 Lake Ave. Info: $39. 800-748-2074

APRIL

April 7 - Friday

First Friday Art Walk: Matte Refic/SCAPE & Kevin Malella

6-9 p.m., Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St.

Artists in Bloom Show

5-8 p.m., Steel City Art Works, 216 S. Union Ave.

April 8 - Saturday

Spring in Japan: A Celebration of the Season & the Yumiko Kato Collection

2-4 p.m., Pueblo Star Journal, 3rd & Main, 301 N. Main St. Info: pueblostarjournal.org/events

April 13 - Thursday

Books Again Book Club: “Neither Wolf Nor Dog”

9 a.m., Books Again, 622 S. Union Ave. Info: booksagain-pueblo.com/events.html or 719553-0340

Live drawing

6-9 p.m., Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St.

April 14 - Friday

Selena the Show

7:30 p.m., Memorial Hall, 1 City Hall Place Info: $28, pueblomemorialhall.com

April 15 - Saturday

Steel City Sporting Clay Tournament

8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Republic Shooting Range, Avondale Info: health.solutions/events/scsc

Wings and Wheels Car Show and Fly-In

9 a.m.-3 p.m. Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, 31001 Magnuson Ave.

Info: pwam.org

Author Meet-and-Greet: Ann Payton Williams

1 p.m. followed by 2 p.m. signing, Books Again, 622 S. Union Ave.

Info: booksagain-pueblo.com/events.html or 719-553-0340

Steven Curtis Chapman

7 p.m., Memorial Hall, 1 City Hall Place

Info: pueblomemorialhall.com

April 20 - Thursday

Open Mic

6-9 p.m., Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St.

April 22 - Saturday

Live Music by Morgan Cox and Friends

6-9 p.m., Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St.

April 23 - Sunday

Broadway Theatre League: “Anastasia”

7 p.m., Memorial Hall, 1 City Hall Place

Info: $42-$90, pueblomemorialhall.com

April 28 - Friday

Pueblo History and Art Walk Kickoff

9 a.m.-6 p.m., Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St.

Food trucks 10 a.m.-3 p.m., guided tours 10 a.m.-noon and 2-4 p.m.

April 29 - Saturday

Info: 719-545-3601

Jewelry Making Workshop

1:30-3 p.m., Project: Inspire Cooperative, 129 S. Union Ave.

Info: theprojectinspire.com

Brew at the Zoo

2-6 p.m., Pueblo Zoo, 3455 Nuckolls Ave. Info: pueblozoo.org/brew

April 30 - Sunday

Out Loud Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus Spring Concert

2-4 p.m., First Congregation Church, 228 W. Evans Ave.

Info: www.outloudcsmc.com

MAY

May 4 - Thursday

Books by the Bag Sale (for Friends of the Library members)

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Books Again, 622 S. Union Ave. Info: booksagain-pueblo.com

May 5-6- Friday & Saturday

Books by the Bag Sale (for public)

May 5-6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Books Again, 622 S.

Info: booksagain-pueblo.com

Crossword Answers: Holmes Hardware

Sonya Shannon book signing

1-3 p.m., Karmic Konnection, 125 E. Abriendo Ave.

May 13 - Saturday

Walk A Mile & (em)POWER 5K

2-4 p.m., Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo, 101 N. Union Ave.

Info: WAM2023.eventbrite.com

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