Low Cost Workshops at Cascadia-Nanaimo

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Splabman
View from VIU

View from VIU

Press Release

Cascadia Poetry Festival Affordable Workshops

Four fantastic workshops (only $60 each!) will be happening at Vancouver Island University where many of the main events for the festival are being held. You do not need a festival gold pass to sign up for a workshop, but you will probably want a pass for all the readings, performances, panels and after party events (only $25.00 for the Gold Pass. Workshops are priced separately.)

As Brenda Hillman points out, “In Berkeley that’s the cost of a side order of toast!”

Workshop #1: Nelson/Maestas 

http://cascadiapoetryfestival.org/workshop-1-with-paul-nelson-nadine-maestasVIU

Thursday, April 30, 9:30 – 12:30pm

Workshop #2: Tolbert/Peters

http://cascadiapoetryfestival.org/spoken-wordpoetry-workshop-2-with-missie-peters-anastacia-tolbert

Friday, May 1, 1:00 – 4:00pm

Workshop #3: Lennée Reid

http://cascadiapoetryfestival.org/workshop-3-with-lennee-reid

Saturday, May 2, 2:00 – 5:00pm

Workshop #4: Hillman/McKinnon/Stanley

http://cascadiapoetryfestival.org/workshop-4-with-barry-mckinnon-brenda-hillman-george-stanley

Saturday, May 2, 2:00 – 5:00pm

 

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Leaf Press Chapbook Contest

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Splabman
Leaf Press

Leaf Press

From Ursula Vaira of Leaf Press:

Welcome to Overleaf, a chapbook manuscript competition which awards contracts to one Canadian and one international poet each year.

Winners will receive 50 copies of their copies of their chapbook as well as publicity and $100.00 to put towards refreshments for a launch party in their home town.

Everyone who enters will receive a poetry book of their choice from the Leaf Press catalogue
(by return post, shipping paid). Click here for a link to the catalogue.

Chapbooks are designed with the fine attention to papers, colours and typography which has made Leaf’s reputation over fourteen years. These two will be assembled and hand-stitched in the sunny/rainy studio looking out to the cedar forest.

Blind judging in effect.

The fee of $25.00 per entry supports Leaf’s publishing program. By participating you contribute to Canada’s small independent publishing community. If you wish to contribute more, simply increase the quantity in the PayPal window.

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Bill Shively Memorial

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Splabman

Beloved Oregon poet Bill Shively died on Sunday, September 28th.

Spring Street CenterInformation for the Bill Shively Memorial.
We will celebrate the life and spirit of our friend Bill Shively and help to send his soul to the next dimension.
Saturday, October 25
4:00-7:00 PM
Spring Street Center
Reception Hall (Downstairs)
1101 15th (corner of 15th & Spring)
Seattle, WA 98122
Please bring poems, photos and stories to share and a bottle or 2 to drink and some snacks or finger food to eat or just show up.
Any questions or offers to help, call Charlie at 206-380-1288
Please pass this on to others that knew and loved Bill.
We are sorry if you cannot make this date. Dan Raphael will be holding an event for Bill in Portland in mid-November and that information will be posted here when firmed up.

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From Tashi Ko (Midnight Tea in Bangkok)

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Splabman

Tashi Ko sent me this appeal. SHE is the global dynamo who deserves support for her latest project and modest request:

Hi Paul,

I could use a little bit of luck right now in the form of a windfall and wanted to virtually squeeze your hand for some of that magical goodness that makes you the dynamo you are!

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Go Tashi Ko

I’ve been invited to host a Miko Kuro’s Midnight Tea in Bangkok, Thailand at La Lanta Fine Art Gallery next month. Anastacia Tolbert will be the Featured Artist at this 3-hr Self-Care Ritual for Women. At the beginning of 2014, Anastacia helped me to host a 6-hr Self-Care Ritual for Women of Color at CORE Gallery in downtown Seattle.

The event was phenomenal and we both knew we had to continue the work we started.

On October 11th, Anastacia and I will work with Bangkok artists across disciplines to create an alternate universe wherein the women present become Living Treasures worthy of our ultimate care and attention. I chose Bangkok as the location for this event for obvious reasons– due to sex tourism, trafficking, and high rates of prostitution, women in great numbers there are being systematically exploited (often from childhood). This is an attempt to make even a small positive difference.

If you can help by spreading the word about the project and/or by making a donation, you will be gratefully acknowledged on the website here. Every dollar brings us closer to our goal of $3000 for two tickets to Bangkok, but your support is invaluable!

For more information on the project and to make a donation, please visit: www.mikokuro.com.

In creativity,
Natasha Marin
(aka Tashi Ko & Miko Kuro)

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