Easy Speak (A new open mic in Columbia City)

Where: The Hummingbird Saloon 5041 Rainier Avenue South Seattle (in Columbia City) When: 4th Mondays every month, beginning Sept. 23rd, 2013 Time: 8pm Event Details: Please come to Seattle’s newest open-mic venue! We welcome spoken word and music, so come with your...

June 14 Living Room with Jeanne Morel

We’ll invite ourselves to play with words by moving the words of another poet around on paper. We’ll think about the words that commonly show up in our work, and how we can pull them from one poem to make a thread to begin something new, maybe something similar— maybe...

May 17 Living Room 7P w/Greg Bem PLUS Raffle!

Greg Bem hosts a plain ‘ol Living Room, but may start with a poem by a local poet, just to get things going. Oh and it’s raffle night. Thanks to sponsors Chelsea Deli, Huarachito’s and Island Soul!! You MUST be present to win. Come to read your work,...

Nate Mackey Visit Huge Success

The SPLAB Visiting Poet Series welcomed Nathaniel Mackey to Seattle March 11 and 12, 2011, for a prose reading and conversation, a workshop and a poetry reading. For many reasons, this event set a new high water mark for SPLAB. Mackey was the 2nd Visiting Poet to read...

Living Room 3.22.11 Raffle Drawing!

It’s that time again, lovely raffle entrants. If you have pitched in your five bones (or more!),  you will want to be present for your chance to win GREAT PRIZES from SIFF CINEMA, CHELSEA DELI and NEW DIRECTIONS Press.   Meredith A. Nelson will be your raffle...