Classic Pike Place Market Photo Project seeks Funds

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Splabman

(From Jack Large)

Hip 60’s slide show with stories turned on, tuned in, dropped out. Ektachrome 127-size photos scanned and gifted to City of Seattle.

I had a sleeping room in Abie Label’s “artist colony” on the 11th floor of the Frye Hotel near Seattle’s Pioneer Square at the end of 1966.Most of my Pike Place Farmers’ Market shots were taken using Ektachrome 127 film, in the “baby” Rolleiflex TLR camera my Dad brought back from Europe after WWII. He gave it to me when I turned 18 and graduated from high school…(Click here to continue.)

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WA Poet Laureate Wants Your Poem

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Splabman

From Kathleen Flenniken:

Kathleen Flenniken

Kathleen Flenniken

Hi my friends,

Thank you for contributing to my poet laureate blog, The Far Field. I’m trying to beat some bushes for Washington State poets as I launch into my last six months as poet laureate. I am featuring each poet just once on The Far Field, which isn’t hard to do, except I am low on submissions at the moment and soon won’t have time to really go after people to submit. So I am hoping you can help me. Will you please take a look at my index and look for anybody missing and let me know? And if you have emails for those poets, I’d be really grateful. I’m especially interested in poets from outside the Seattle area (though I’m interested in Seattle poets too, have no fear) and poets who have been marginalized for whatever reason.

I am working on several but I know I am overlooking a lot of folks. Plus, I’m looking for student work too, so don’t hesitate to send me your best students.

Thank you for taking a look for me! I so appreciate your help.

Kathleen

So, click on the the link to the Poet Laureate’s blog and send her a poem there. Good luck.

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Two More Gigs for Habib from Morocco

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Splabman
Habib at Levertov's Grave in Seattle

Habib at Levertov’s Grave in Seattle

El Habib Louai is charming the people of Seattle who see his almost constant smile, hear his translations of Ginsberg into Arabic and enjoy his energetic and deeply perceptive look at USAmerican culture during his first visit to this country. He has two more appearances in Cascadia in the next couple of days before he gets on the Amtrak and heads to California:

Monday, August 12th Habib’s featured reader at the North End Forum at the Wedgwood Ale House, 8515 35th NE, Seattle. 8:30PM.

Wednesday, August 13th, he will hike to the top of Desolation Peak, where Jack Kerouac was a fire lookout in 1956.

Thursday, August 15th, he’ll discuss the Beat poets from a Moroccan perspective at the North Cascades Institute’s Environmental Learning Center near Sedro Wooley, WA. 7PM.

The Subud International Cultural Association (SICA) is a global nonprofit organization providing programs & services to individuals & organizations working in the fields of art, culture, and creativity for the development of human values across all fields of human endeavor. SICA believes the development of individual talent is critical to building love and respect among people everywhere. SICA was begun by members of the World Subud Association. www.subud-sica.org.

This event is also supported by the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs.SOoACA

 

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El Habib Louai is a Beat Scholar from Agadir, Morocco, a Ph.D. candidate and is working on translating the poems of Allen Ginsberg and other U.S. poets into Arabic.

El Habib Louai received his B.A in English literature and linguistics from the University Of Ibn Zohr in Agadir, Morocco, in 2007. His poems have been published in various online magazines and journals: Indigo Rising Magazine, troubadour21, Eunoia Review, Danse Macabre du Jour, Palestine Chronicle, Istanbul Literary Review, Sagarana & Camel Saloon. He was organizer of 100 Thousand Poets for Change in Agadir, Morocco in 2011.

Habib & Ella Roque

Habib & Ella Roque

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Moroccan Poet El Habib Louai Visits Seattle

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Splabman

 

El Habib Louai

El Habib Louai

SICA, the Subud International Cultural Association is delighted to welcome El Habib Louai to the Northwest for a series of readings and talks at various venues in August, 2013. We invite you to attend and spread the word. (Download poster here.)

SICA “works at the intersection of creativity and spirituality to advance and celebrate activities that grow out of the development of the human soul.”

El Habib Louai is a Beat Scholar from Agadir, Morocco, and is working on translating the poems of Allen Ginsberg and other U.S. poets into Arabic.

Saturday, August 10th Habib will perform a poem as part of the annual concert by the Jim O’Halloran Quintet at Bradner Gardens at 1730 Bradner Pl S,  Seattle. 6:30PM.

Sunday, August 11th, he’ll discuss the Beat poets from a Moroccan perspective at Spring Street Center, 1101 15th Avenue, Seattle. 12:30PM.

Monday, August 12th he’ll be the featured

reader at the North End Forum at the Wedgwood Ale House, 8515 35th NE, Seattle. 8:30PM.

Thursday, August 15th, he’ll discuss the Beat poets from a Moroccan perspective at the North Cascades Institute’s Environmental Learning Center near Sedro Wooley, WA. 7PM.

El Habib Louai received his B.A in English literature and linguistics from the University Of Ibn Zohr in Agadir, Morocco, in 2007. A number of his poems have been published in various online magazines and journals, such as Indigo Rising Magazine, troubadour21, Eunoia Review, Danse Macabre du Jour, Palestine Chronicle, Istanbul Literary Review, Sagarana and Camel Saloon. He was the representative and organizer of the 100 Thousand Poets for Change cultural event in Agadir, Morocco in 2011, and is currently translating the poetry of Allen Ginsberg and other U.S. poets into Arabic.

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About The Subud International Cultural Association (SICA)
SICA is a global nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas that provides programs and services to individuals and organizations working in the fields of art, culture, and creativity for the development of human values across all fields of human endeavor. SICA believes the development of individual talent is critical to building love and respect among people everywhere. SICA was begun by members of the World Subud Association in 1983. www.subud-sica.org

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