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Poetry Events I'm corrdinating in Pasadena
04/16/2008 05:08 p.m.
This is a calendar of some of our poetry, musical,
and artistic events and
projects between now and May 10.
The first 3 numbered items are important
current projects. I am working on these
as poetic "scripts" for our performances.
This gives you an overview, with special treats
included.

*** a new project!
The Pacific Asia Museum has invited Poets on Site
to write poems on any objects in their permanent collection
to be recorded in January for audio poetry tours of the museum.
Email any poems you write, as an ongoing poetic tour,
(most rooms are permanent
exhibits, ask at the desk which are the temporary rooms.)
Poets on Site will be admitted free to the museum to do this
long-term project.

We are currently writing
for three scheduled performances/chapbooks:

1. important-please send poems now for :
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Poets on Site on Earth: 7:30 PM
A Celebration at Ten Thousand Villages
496 South Lake Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
featuring poets on site on earth
and music
- on the hiking trail
at Fish Canyon Falls, Eaton Canyon, and other
natural sites in the local area I am making a book
to accompany this performance.

poems on waterfalls, mountains, canyons
preferably in this area.
We will walk over to the location, a block from
our home, during that week's Thursday evening poetry salon.

2. Sunday, May 4, 2008
Poets on Site on "Lotus Moon": 2 PM
Pacific Asia Museum (Japanese Gallery)
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, California 91101
http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/
A poetic response to the poetry and art of Rengetsu,
(Lotus Moon), 19th century Buddhist nun, renowned
for her beautiful calligraphy, art, ceramics and poetry.
This will be a tourguide style walk through the exhibit.
Shinobue (Japanese flute) music by Rick Wilson
I am beginning to compile this
now. Poems on objects and general responses to be used as preludes, interludes, etc.
See our listing in the museum calendar, May 4:
http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/calendar/calendar-next.htm
Please continue to visit the museum
Hours: Wed - Sun: 10:00am-6:00pm
At the front desk, say you are a Poet on Site
writing for our performance, for free admission to
the Japanese gallery.

3. Saturday, May 10, 2008 (time: 1:30 PM
start time for our performance, reception is 12 to 3 PM)
Poets on Site at The Anderson Gallery
(Debbie, Just and Kath wrote at the gallery again last week, and we
visited the nearby beautiful Bolsa Chica bird refuge-)
see us at the bird refuge, and the gallery after:
http://www.oldflutes.com/Kathy&Rick/birds.htm

Poems on the Oil Paintings of Milford Zornes
1618 Pacific Coast Highway
Sunset Beach, CA 90742
This will be a very special event, hosted by Bill Anderson, artist,
collector and longtime friend of Milford Zornes. He is a great
admirer of our poetry, and will be inviting special guests.
Please submit poems as early as possible,
ongoing into the end of April. Please continue
to visit the Anderson Gallery (The exhibit
is stunning)
Hours: Fridays and Saturdays 1 to 9 p.m., Sundays 1 to 7 p.m

Note: We have two other chapbooks in progress.
1. Riverside Museum watercolors (exhibit closed,
but most of the paintings are in the recent
book "Milford Zornes". (The Riverside Museum is
very excited about our work, and looks
forward to more projects with us.)
The notice was too short for
a performance on site, but we will do this at a later date,
with slides, and a chapbook.

2. Milford Zornes in "Black and White"
Museum of History and Art, Ontario ends April 13
225 South Euclid Ave
Ontario, CA 91762
(admission free-donation)
unusual exhibit of lithographs,
linocuts, ink, charcoal, printmaking, drawings.
Hours Wed-Sun 12 - 4 PM
chapbook in progress, a performance
with slides and chapbook at a later date.
Submit poems at any time, work on compiling
the book is in progress. I do have some photos
of the work.


Special Events:

1.Saturday, April 19, 2008, 2 PM
Pacific Asia Museum
Mariko Kitakubo Tanka Performance/Reading
In a rare bilingual performance, Mariko Kitakubo, a leading Japanese poet
and performance artist, will present her tanka (Japan's oldest and most
popular poetry form) accompanied by Linda Galloway reading the English
translation. Program co-sponsored by the Southern California Haiku Study
Group. Japanese flute music by Rick Wilson.
This will be followed by a reception in the courtyard, continuing
with a reception at our home (4-5:30 PM approx)

2. also
Saturday April 19 at 2 pm there is the
sixth annual Poetry & Cookies celebration on
at the Altadena Library
600 East Mariposa St.
Altadena, CA 91001
Pauli Dutton, organizing
(I am sorry not to be able to attend this because of the above event.
If you go to this, please join us at the reception after.

3.Tuesday, April 22nd
from 6:30-8:30 PM
Festival of Poetry Pasadena Central Library,
D. W. Auditorium (285 East Walnut Street),
Music, Open microphone.
hosted my Mira Mataric

April 12 to May 10
Art Sustaining Nature
(art in natural sites includes work by
our friend Nancy Keyes,
poet, yoga teacher artist) at the Audubon Center
at Debs Park Wed-Sat 9 to 5 pm
4700 North Griffin Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90031

Fiber-Art-poetry Exhibit by our friend Poet Cindy Rinne
http://www.pe.com/lifestyles/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_spotlight20.2fd65d9.html
through May 3
Wave Lengths Salon/Gallery, 19 E. Citrus Ave., Suite 205, Redlands
(I went to this yesterday, and it is wonderful!) Cindy will be participating
in
our Earth Day poetic celebration on April 24. We met her at Ruth Nolan's
poetry workshop at the Riverside Museum last month.

Regular Events:

Every Thursday 6 PM to 9 PM
Poets Salon dinner, workshop and entertainment
at our home
805 886 9384 for details

Tuesdays 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Fridays 12-1PM
Caltech Poetry Club
Red Door Cafe, Caltech campus

Thanks, all of you, for
your beautiful poetry, art, music and joyful
times together,
We leave for China for 3 weeks, May 12,
so we will enjoy all of our projects together
before we leave! The Thursday workshops
will continue at our home while we are gone.



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