by Ryukan | Apr 20, 2011 | Events
May 3 – Kelly Lydick in the SPLAB Living Room Kelly Lydick is a writer, photographer and editor who holds an M.A. in Writing and Consciousness from the New College of California (now California Institute of Integral Studies). Her writing has appeared in Switched-on...
by Ryukan | Apr 20, 2011 | Blog
The 100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE blog is up and ready! Please go to http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/ and check it out. Open up the map and you can see the many cities that are involved. Go to your own city and check the organizer and contact...
by Ryukan | Apr 19, 2011 | Events
Apocalypticism Now? In a recent Chicago Review essay, Peter O’Leary attempts to trace a “way forward” between traditional workshop poetry and Language poetry, both of which have become academically institutionalized. He draws the right lineage, but...
by Ryukan | Apr 17, 2011 | Events
CAConrad Reads at SPLAB with local poet Jeremy Halinen On Sunday, May 1st at 7:30 PM.
by Ryukan | Apr 17, 2011 | Events
the thing you’re after may lie around the bend of the nest (second, time slain, the bird! the bird! And there! (strong) thrust, the mast! flight (of the bird o kylix, o Antony of Padua sweep low, o bless the roofs, the old ones, the gentle steep ones on whose...
by Ryukan | Apr 14, 2011 | Events
From Brian McGuigan: The best reading series in Seattle–“Cheap Wine and Poetry”–gets busy for the bards this Thursday, April 28 with Roberto Carlos Ascalon, Elizabeth Austen, Paul Nelson and Katie Ogle. If you’re not there, you are...
by Ryukan | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/158783 Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center. From Paul Doyle of the Columbia City Cinema: We discovered last week that a lot of people don’t know who Garth Stein is and what a treasure trove he is for...
by Ryukan | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
Burning Word Burning Word at Icicle Creek Co-Sponsored by the Washington Poets Association with generous support from A Book for All Seasons May 21-22, 2011 History & Inspiration For 5 years, the Washington Poets Association put on a wonderful springtime poetry...
by Ryukan | Apr 11, 2011 | Events
Time Sunday, April 24 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location Doe Bay Resort, Orcas Island, WA Created By Artsmith Salon Series More Info Join Artsmith for the first ever Orcas Island performance poetry competition with featured Seattle slam poets Maya Hersh, Greg...
by Ryukan | Apr 11, 2011 | Events
Featuring- Tara Hardy Paul Nelson Toy Boats Joe Milutis and the open mic to follow 7pm 4/20/11 Vermilion Gallery and Bar 1508 11th ave (pike/pine) Audio of the event is archived here
by Ryukan | Apr 1, 2011 | Blog
Wednesday, April 13 @ 7 pm Progressive Pitch: An Introduction to the Recorded Word @ SPLAB, 3651 S. Edmunds. Come with a poem to read aloud. Take home a high quality, digital recording of your work & a better understanding of how to manipulate & manage audio...
by Ryukan | Mar 31, 2011 | Events
Poetry Writing Workshop, Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 12N @ SPLAB w/ Sharon Doubiago This workshop for creative writers at all stages of development will approach writing that comes from soul first rather than craft. I use memory, self-exploration, poetry and aesthetics...
by Ryukan | Mar 30, 2011 | Events
10. April 10 – Elizabeth Austen, 7PM. Emcee Kristen Young + Open Mic. Elizabeth Austen spent her teens and twenties working in the theatre and writing poems. Her first full-length collection will be published by Blue Begonia Press in spring, 2011. A dynamic performer,...
by Ryukan | Mar 27, 2011 | Blog
Nathaniel Mackey’s visit to Seattle was a remarkable weekend. He gave a reading and facilitated a workshop at SPLAB on Saturday, March 12 and gave a prose reading and engaged in a conversation at the NW African-American Museum on Friday, March 11. Earlier on...
by Ryukan | Mar 27, 2011 | Blog
A shakeup is essential for the purposes of transformation (Vladimir Mayakovsky). The process of training your ear to capture the chaotic energy of the moment in a poem is sometimes called organic poetry, where composition is an occasion of experience or experiment in...
