The Dinner Club
In this season of life, many women find
themselves in quiet transition…
not undone,
not beginning again from scratch,
but standing in a thoughtful pause
between what has been and what is next.
INTRODUCING…
The Kindling
Saturday, 22 January 2027
There is a moment, in the deepest part of winter, when you notice the light has begun to return.
Not dramatically. Not all at once.
Just a little more of it each evening, held a few minutes longer.
A hope you stopped tending, and can feel stirring again.
A dream you kept safe underground all winter, waiting for the right moment to rise.
A quiet, stubborn belief that things can be better than they are.
This is Imbolc.
The ancient Celtic festival of the returning light, held at the midpoint between winter solstice and spring equinox, and long associated with Brigid, goddess of the hearth flame, of poetry, and of healing. It marks the first stirring of spring beneath frozen ground. Not a celebration of what has bloomed, but of what is about to.
We are living in a season that asks a great deal of us. The world can feel heavy, loud, and uncertain. And still, hope is not naive. Hope is a practice. It is a flame we choose to tend, especially on the long nights.
Because the future is not something that simply happens to us. It is something we imagine, and then build, together.
This evening is an invitation to pause at that threshold.
To ask, individually: What do I want my life to look like in the light? What am I ready to bring in?
And to ask, collectively: What kind of world do we want to help shape? What do we want to tend, and carry forward, for one another?
Together, in candlelight, we will tend the flame, bring in the light, and give ourselves room to decide.
The light is returning. Come and help us welcome it.
This is more than a dinner. It is a night set apart. A table for women standing between what was and what will be...
This is more than a dinner. It is a night set apart. A table for women standing between what was and what will be...
The What…
Our KINDLING dinner is a candlelit evening designed to welcome the returning light, and to give us room to decide what we want to tend, individually and together, as the new season begins.
This time, we are doing things a little differently.
Rather than gathering around a single table, the evening will unfold as a strolling dinner: small plates, flowing wine, and unhurried conversation moving gently through the space. We wanted room. The kind of room that only comes when an evening is allowed to breathe.
Because at the heart of this night is something we have never offered before.
Artist Miranda Wildman will lead every guest through the creation of her very own Kindling token, a deeply personal, handmade keepsake that holds the hope she is ready to tend and the future she wants to help bring into being. Each piece entirely unique. Each one made by your own hands, in community, guided every step of the way. An act of intention. Of imagination. Of taking something small and stirring, a wish, a dream, a quiet stubborn belief that things can be better, and giving it a form you can hold and carry home. All materials included.
A simple shared ritual at the heart of the evening honors the flame. We gather not to perform optimism or manufacture certainty, but to hold space for one another. To say: what has survived the dark deserves to be tended. And: what is trying to begin deserves to be welcomed.
Tickets are $135, inclusive of dinner, wine, ritual, and art facilitation and materials by Miranda Wildman.
Come as you are. Leave a little lighter. Take the light home.
Your Host
Jen CK Jacobs
“There lies truth in the Shadows. In these dark caverns is where we find our true selves - most often at the crossroads of mid-life.”
After serving as a salty sailor in the US Navy for nearly eight years, I studied Design and Art History and have worked for two decades as an editorial photographer and creative director. And - I've written a few books.
But my passion is Sisterhood. With over 30 years of extensive study around spiritualism, mythology and art history, I now work with women/femmes to reconnect to the power of the primordial Goddess.
I have led retreats in both Morocco and Iceland - bringing my unique vision to intimate and inspiring settings.
The Kindling
A Candlelit Evening of Hope, Vision & the Returning Light
There is a moment, in the deepest part of winter, when you notice the light has begun to return.
Not dramatically. Not all at once.
Just a little more of it each evening, held a few minutes longer.
A hope you stopped tending, and can feel stirring again.
A dream you kept safe underground all winter, waiting for the right moment to rise.
A quiet, stubborn belief that things can be better than they are.
Imbolc, the ancient festival of the returning light, marks the first stirring of spring beneath frozen ground. Long associated with Brigid, goddess of the hearth flame, it is not a celebration of what has bloomed, but of what is about to.
Because hope is not naive. Hope is a practice. A flame we choose to tend, especially on the long nights.
This gathering is an invitation to pause at that threshold and ask:
What do I want my life to look like in the light?
What kind of future do we want to help build, together?
This evening, we are doing things a little differently.
Rather than gathering around a single table, the night will unfold as a strolling dinner: small plates, flowing wine, and unhurried conversation moving gently through the space. Room to breathe. Room to imagine. Room to create.
Because at the heart of this night is something we have never offered before.
Artist Miranda Wildman will lead every guest through the creation of her very own Kindling token, a deeply personal, handmade keepsake that holds the hope she is ready to tend and the future she wants to help bring into being. Each piece entirely unique. Each one made by her own hands, in community, guided every step of the way. All materials included.
A simple shared ritual at the heart of the evening honors the flame. We gather not to perform optimism or manufacture certainty, but to hold space for one another. To say: what has survived the dark deserves to be tended. And: what is trying to begin deserves to be welcomed.
Your evening includes:
A strolling candlelit dinner
Curated wine pairings
Guided facilitation through themes of hope, vision & what comes next
A shared ritual of the flame, for our own futures and the one we share
Art facilitation by Miranda Wildman
All materials for your personal Kindling token
Investment: $135 per person
Date: 23 January 2027 at 7pm
Location: The Art House Venue, East Flat Rock, NC
This is not a heavy evening.
It is a hopeful one.
Come as you are.
Leave a little lighter.
And take the light home with you.
Please note: We can accommodate certain dietary restrictions but not all. If you have an allergy or concern, please contact us before booking.
All sales are final. If you find you cannot attend, your ticket may be rolled to a future event or exchanged for store credit.