"Kind Hearts From the Start!" 🕯️💗🌎✌🏼Teaching PEACE & LOVE through music, movement, stories, and family fun! ALL are welcome. ALL are loved, loved, loved.
06/23/2026
TUESDAY! 11 am at French Manor Terra Assisted Living! "We're Better Together!" - a truly lovely and sweet opportunity for intergenerational play, music, laughter and dance. Come join me!! 🙏🏼🌞💞🎶🎉 I'll bring the instruments and props, you bring your kiddo and a blanket to sit on. 🥰 Sign your little one(s) up at mindfulandmusical.com under "We're Better Together" 💞
05/31/2026
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Looking for something fun to do with your young children this summer? 🌳🎵
Mark your calendar for our FREE Family Concert at the Park on June 17 at Herman Park in Suttons Bay! Families will enjoy interactive storytelling and music with Miriam Pico and Jen Strauss in a beautiful outdoor setting designed for little learners and their caregivers.
✨ Free books
✨ Snacks
✨ Music and movement
✨ Time to connect with other families
This event is perfect for children birth through early elementary ages, but all are welcome!
Tuesday, June 17
10–11 a.m.
Herman Park • Suttons Bay
05/29/2026
TOMORROW: BABY MUSIC CLASS!!!!! 10:30 am .alluvion inside of the on 8th Street in . Instruments! Baby massage! Dance! Togetherness! And the baby scale will be there too so you can weigh your little one if you'd like!
Sign your little one up at mindfulandmusical.com under Baby Bird! Or drop in and pay cash or Venmo!
Perfect or newborns through crawlers, but siblings of all ages are welcome too, at a discounted rate! (Grown-ups are always FREE so go ahead and invite your baby's biggest fans!!!)
I hope to see you!!!! 💖💖💖
look at this blast from the past!!!!!!! Hugs to you all! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
05/27/2026
🎉🎉🎉 It is always SOoOoO fun to team up with Laura Adams of !!! She will be providing an art project for families FRIDAY at 5:00 at my gig at Jacob's Farm!!! 🙌🏼☀️🥰 Art with Laura starts at 5, followed by music with my husband and I on the stage at 6 pm!
We hope to see your families!!!!! 🎉❤️🎉❤️
😍✨😍 Intergenerational Zoom to the Moon at French Manor Terra!! Our friends at assisted living facilities LIGHT UP when they see your beautiful families!
Join the fun TOMORROW at 11 am - at French Manor Terra. Sign up under "We're Better Together" in the online store at mindfulandmusical.com ALL AGES are WELCOME!!!!
Spring & Summer Dates Calendar: Keep an eye on it for updates about gigs, class & events!
CALENDAR | Mindful and Musical
05/21/2026
Hellooo, everyone! 👋🏼😊 It has already been a jam-packed May for me. Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has come out to show support at my concerts as well as my beloved events! 💓 Special thanks to everyone who made the concert with SO beautiful with your presence, enthusiasm and LOVE!!
Spring/Summer 2026:
❤️ May 26 - Lake Ann Brewing Co. with Pat Niemisto and Ryan Younce 7 pm-ish (they start at 6, but I will be sliiiiding in late after my daughter's awards event!)
❤️ May 29 - Jacob's Farm 6-9 (live music with Ryan and I, plus instruments for the kids to play and an art project with for families to enjoy together!)
🇮🇹 Then I will be studying abroad in ITALY for the first two weeks of June with NMC's Early Childhood Education program!!! We will be observing and playing at early childhood centers in the Reggio Emilia district as well as visiting Montessori programs! 🇮🇹
❤️ June 17 - 10 am at Herman Park, Suttons Bay. Great Start Event for Families!! With storyteller Jenifer Strauss!
❤️ June 18 - Camp Greilick event for families! 10 am to 1 pm
❤️ June 19 - 10 am at Leland Library event for families!
❤️ My first date night gig after my trip will be June 19 at Rove Winery! 6 pm!
❤️ June 25 - 11 am Beulah Pavilion. Great Start Event for Families!! With storyteller, Jenifer Strauss!
❤️ June 27 - 11 am Elk Rapids Library. Great Start Event for Families, with storyteller, Jenifer Strauss!
❤️ July 7 - 11 am Peninsula Library
❤️ July 15 - 11 am Charlevoix Public Library
❤️ July 16 at Nanbop in Cadillac
❤️ July 23 at Grand Traverse Pavilions Concert on the Lawn! 7 pm
❤️ July 26 at Little Traverse Inn at 4 pm
❤️ July 28 - Traverse Area District Library 11 am Hull Park
❤️ August 5 at Kingsley Farmer's Market
❤️ August 6 at Gilchrist Winery 3 pm
❤️ August 7 at Peace Ranch Fundraiser 5:00
❤️ August 20 at Nanbop in Cadillac
❤️ August 23 Bay Harbor Yacht Club event
❤️ September 4 at Little Traverse Inn at 6 pm
❤️ September 20 at Jacob's Farm at 5 pm
Families, check out Mindfulandmusical.com too !
I hope to see you and I am wishing you well!!!! 🎶💓🫶🏼☀️✌🏼
05/20/2026
Today! 10:30 am, our Little Bird class for ages 5 and under (and their grown-ups) .alluvion Come explore, play, sing, dance and enjoy a snack with a story! 💗🎶💗🎶💗🎶💗
05/19/2026
Hello, beautiful families!!!!!! ❤️😘❤️😘❤️😘
We have TWO opportunities for music, movement and memory-making with our community this week!!!!
🎉 Tomorrow, Wednesday May 20 at 10:30 am is our Little Bird class for the 5 and under crowd .alluvion ! Dance, play, bubbles, puppets plus storytime! I will be bringing in a special treat to celebrate my birthday with you all!! 🧁
🎉 And Friday at 11 am we will have our beloved "We're Better TOGETHER" class at French Manor Terra Assisted Living! SUCH a fun chance to bring joy to the residents and to each other through music, movement, puppets and a bubble dance party!
Both classes can be signed up for online at mindfulandmusical.com (Grown-ups are always FREE and siblings are at a discounted rate!)
I hope you're doing wonderfully and I would LOVE to see your families this week! ❤️❤️❤️❤️