by Ryukan | Nov 3, 2010 | Events
November 14 – Barbara Ludwig (Female Nomad & Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World) – 7P Reading plus Open Mic. Emcee Aaron Talwar. November 15 – Film: Slumdog Millionaire. 7P Screening. Former San Juan Island resident, Barbara...
by Ryukan | Nov 1, 2010 | Events
Resisting the Intelligence (Alex Bleecker facilitates) Often likened to Billy Collins and criticized by academics as seeking to ‘dumb down’ poetry, acclaimed poet and critic Tony Hoagland has always been an advocate of making/keeping poetry accessible. Worried that...
by Ryukan | Nov 1, 2010 | Events
Interview with Greg Bem on this event here. FINE & HEAVY, ARTS & ARTISANS! GUEST ARTISTS AND ARTISANS! LIVE MUSIC! FOOD, LIBATIONS, FESTIVITIES! FORKLIFT POETRY : 6 PM : FORKLIFT STAGE Kim Ionesco, Deborah Henry, Richard Lemmert, Greg Bem, M. Anne Sweet, emcee...
by Ryukan | Oct 27, 2010 | Events
21 Poets, 1 Planet… An anthology to inspire hope in humanity – full of ‘lifeboat poetry’, Soul of the Earth is life-affirming, accessible and profound. Challenging received wisdoms and pushing boundaries, these cutting edge poems are from...
by Ryukan | Oct 20, 2010 | Events
To open up our second SPLAB Living Room Tuesday, November 2, Maryna Ajaja will read a small essay on rhythm, How Are Verses Made? by Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. Why Mayakovsky? Because he was a revolutionary poet, a genius, a hipster, actor and artist — and...
by Ryukan | Oct 18, 2010 | Events
October 31 – Sam Hamill – 7PM Reading. Sam Hamill is the author of more than forty books, including fifteen volumes of original poetry (most recently Measured by Stone and Almost Paradise: New & Selected Poems & Translations); four collections of literary...
