Nathaniel Mackey SPLAB Visiting Poet, Fri, Sat 3.11 & 3.12.11

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Splabman

SPLAB welcomes legendary poet, essayist, novelist and editor Nathaniel Mackey to Columbia City for a reading, workshop at the new SPLAB location, 3651 S. Edmunds in the Cultural Corner of the former Columbia School and a Friday night talk at the NW African-American Museum at 2300 S. Massachusetts Av. at 7PM.

On Saturday, March 12, Mackey will lead an afternoon writing workshop from 1:00 to 4:00PM, followed by a public reading at 7:30PM. The workshop cost is $75 per person, and there is one space left. Admission to the public reading is $5. The workshop and reading will be held at SPLAB, 3651 S Edmunds in the Cultural Corner of the former Columbia School.

To register for the workshop, or for more information, please contact Paul Nelson at pen(at) splab (dot) org or call 206.422.5002.

Nate in conversation with Charles Bernstein.

Recordings of Nate reading his poetry.

Sponsored by 4Culture, Poets and Writers, CD Forum, The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Island Soul Caribbean Restaurant, The Shirley Marvin Hotel, Richard Hugo House and WESTAF.

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SPLAB Word Orchestra

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Splabman

The SPLAB Word Orchestra, a multi-voice poetry performance group will be performing at this year’s Folk Life Festival.

This year’s performance will be a multilingual, cross generational, multicultural effort around the festival’s theme “telling our story. ”

There is room to get involved, if interested contact Jeremy Springsteed at jmspringsteed@gmail.com

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Mark Your Calendar, Saturday 2.26.11

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Splabman

“Represent! 98118!” is a community arts project seeking to document “A Day in the Life of America’s Most Diverse Zip Code.”

From midnight to midnight, on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, poets and photographers, amateurs and professionals will make a record of life in Columbia City, Genesee, Hillman City, Holly Park, Lakewood, Rainier Beach, Rainier Valley, and Seward Park. Selected poems and photographs will be displayed throughout the community.

Anyone who lives, works, plays, worships, or studies in the 98118 zip code is welcome to participate. Poems do not have to be written in English. The project is sponsored by SPLAB (Spokenword Lab) in Columbia City. Information can be found on the SPLAB website at www.splab.org

A meeting will be held on Saturday, February 26, at 10am for anyone interested in participating. All are welcome.

The meeting will be at SPLAB in Columbia City, located in the Columbia building (formerly Orca and the New School, adjacent to the Columbia City Famers Market). The building is accessible with plenty of free parking in the back; the Columbia City Light Rail Station and the #7 bus stop are both a few blocks away.

Please come to the meeting and help us get the word out.

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Prose Poetry Workshop

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Splabman
Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

PROSE POETRY WORKSHOP @ SPLAB
Saturday, February 19 12N to 3P

Prose poetry has a long-established tradition in France, with Aloysius Bertrand, Baudelaire and Rimbaud. In this workshop, we’ll explore five distinct approaches to writing prose poetry, & will include examples by Gabriel Gudding, Anselm Berrigan, Nin Andrews, & others before writing and sharing prose poems of our own.

SPLAB is in the former Columbia School. ENTER through double doors on Edmunds between Rainier AV S and 36th S. Look for the SPLAB sign. Suggested donation $20, students $10, no one’s turned away for lack of funds. Workshop limit 15. Pre-register by emailing pen@splab.org

Tom

Tom

Workshop Facilitator Tom C. Hunley

Associate Professor of English at Western Kentucky University & Director of Steel Toe Books.

Latest books: GREATEST HITS (Pudding House, 2010), OCTOPUS (Logan House, 2008) & THE POETRY GYMNASIUM (forthcoming from McFarland & Co., Inc.).  He divides his time between Kansas and Oz.

THIS EVENT IS SUPPORTED BY POETS & WRITERS

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