by Splabman | May 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sound the alarm! Five Alarms is bringing 14 of the hottest acts in Seattle literature to the burgeoning scene in Greenwood! Come crawl the streets of this North Seattle jewel of a neighborhood that has long fostered a variety of art, music, literature, and theater....
by Splabman | May 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
This from Michael Hood: The Programs Department at King County Jail is looking for 2 committed volunteers of either gender to teach a weekly creative writing class for men. This is one of the fastest-growing, most stigmatized, yet under-served groups in our society....
by Splabman | May 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
As you might have guessed if you’ve seen the photo of my daughter Rebecca and my Mom at Doe Bay when Rebecca was about 3 (1994), I have been going to Doe Bay Resort and Retreat for many years. In fact, my first trip there was April 1991, a month before Rebecca...
by Splabman | May 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Ginsberg Marathon this year happens Saturday, June 2 at SPLAB and may be SPLAB’s last big event in Columbia City. Band of Poets is featured along with Mickey O’Connor. (See photos). This from BoP’s John Burgess: Set List for Ginsberg Marathon...
by Splabman | May 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Greg Bem, Jason Conger & Joe Chiveney, poets I met through SPLAB, liked my idea of doing a cover of a Four Horsemen Sound Poem. I had seen the clip from Ron Mann’s documentary, Poetry in Motion (1981) and proposed the idea of performing it at the Breadline...