2012 Events
Haiku Northwest looks forward to another great year in 2012. Listed here are all our monthly meetings, a few special events, plus significant regional or national events. If you’re giving haiku workshop or know of another haiku event in the area, please let us know so we can add it. Monthly meetings start at 7:00 p.m. and will be on the fourth Thursday of each month this year, except as indicated. For meetings held at the Bellevue Regional Library, you can get directions by clicking our Monthly Meetings and Directions link. All dates and details are subject to change, and will be confirmed via the Haiku Northwest mailing list (through which you will be provided addresses for any meetings in private homes). To join our mailing list or to suggest haiku-related events to add to the following schedule, please contact Tanya McDonald at haikunw1988@gmail.com. We’ll update this content as soon as we confirm the details. Note: Schedule display optimized for desktops, not tablets or phones.
Date
January 12
February 9
February 12
March 4
March 7
March 22
April 6–8
April 7–8
April 13–15
April 14
April 17
April 26
May 24
June
June 23
June 28
July 7
July 20–22
July 26
August 11–12
August 23
August 31
Summer/Autumn?
September 1
September 5–9
September 8–9
September 27
October 11–14
October 25
November 29 (fifth Thursday instead of fourth)
December 27
Event
Monthly meeting
Monthly meeting
Haiku Society of America National Quarterly Meeting
Introductory Haiku Workshop
by Michael Dylan Welch
“Is that a real haiku or did you write it yourself?” free teen haiku workshop
by Michael Dylan Welch
Monthly meeting
(we now start meeting on the fourth Thursday of the month, at least for most of 2012)
Sakura-Con (anime convention)
(haiku performances and workshops, and more)
Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival
“Haiku in the Woods” free haiku workshop and haiku walk led by Michael Dylan Welch, sponsored by the Sammamish Arts Commission
Monthly meeting
Monthly meeting
Joint meeting with the Port Townsend Haiku Group
Haiku workshop at Padilla Bay Nature Center by Michael Dylan Welch
Monthly meeting
Tanabata Festival
Gabriola Haiku Weekend
Monthly meeting
Monthly meeting
Porad Award haiku contest deadline (sponsored by Haiku Northwest and the Washington Poets Association)
Joint meeting with the Port Townsend Haiku Group
Moonviewing
(with haiku-writing contest)
Haiku Pacific Rim Conference
(Japanese Fall Festival)
Monthly meeting
featuring Paul Miller
Monthly meeting
Monthly meeting
Monthly meeting
Location
(this meeting starts at 6:30 pm)
At the home of Nu Quang in Seattle (for the address, please email Tanya McDonald)
Seattle
Seattle Japanese Garden
Washington Park Arboretum
Register for class number 80404
Sammamish
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Washington State Convention Center, Seattle
VanDusen Gardens, Vancouver, B.C.
Seattle Center, Seattle
10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Beaver Lake Lodge, Beaver Lake Park, Sammamish
4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Seattle Public Library, Capitol Hill Branch
425 Harvard Avenue E. in Seattle
For additional information, please contact garciadianne@hotmail.com.
Stadler Meeting Room
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Stadler Meeting Room
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Cancelled
To register ($15 per person), visit the Padilla Bay website or phone 360-428-1558 any day
Stadler Meeting Room
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Seattle Japanese Garden
Drumbeg House, Gabriola Island, B.C.
Stadler Meeting Room
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Camp Long, West Seattle
Potluck dinner at the home of William Scott Galasso in Shoreline, Washington [address and reminder will be sent by email]
Please click for submission instructions
Seattle area
Seattle Japanese Garden
Washington Park Arboretum
Asilomar Conference Center
Pacific Grove, California
Bellevue College, Bellevue
Stadler Meeting Room
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Seabeck Conference Center, Seabeck, Washington
Stadler Meeting Room
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
Stadler Meeting Room
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park
CANCELLED FOR THIS MONTH—Enjoy the holidays!
Featured Reader
Haiku Northwest table and haiku workshop
Featured readers: Dianne Garcia, Katherine Hawkins, Christopher Herold, Dejah Léger, Carole MacRury, Tanya McDonald, Margaret McGee, Angela Terry, Richard Tice, and Michael Dylan Welch, plus open reading.
Originally scheduled for August 11–12 but cancelled for 2012
Akito Arima
Haiku Northwest’s annual haiku retreat
Tina Koyama and Sayeko Aoyama from the Rainier Haiku Ginsha reading haiku from Waiting for Spring by Miyoko Koyama
Please also check the schedule for the Seattle Japanese Garden. Several of the garden’s events typically include a haiku component.
Click also to see 2011 events, 2010 events, and 2009 events.