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1st Quarterly Meeting: February 19-21 - Pasadena, CA

Haiku Society of America Quarterly Meeting in Pasadena, California
Hosted by the Southern California Haiku Study Group

Organizers:

Deborah P. Kolodji – dkolodji (at) aol (dot) com
Naia – naia01 (at) yahoo (dot) com

Photos from the 1st Quarterly Meeting of the HSA (2010) are available at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkolodji/sets/72157623473511245/

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
 
Friday, February 19, 2010

5:30 p.m. - No-host Dinner at Burger Continental, 535 S. Lake Avenue, Pasadena

7:30 p.m. - Urban Haiku Reading, Spoken Word Artist Reading, followed by Open Mic at Ten Thousand Villages, 567 S. Lake Avenue, Pasadena

7:30 p.m. - Reception
7:45 p.m. - Urban Haiku Multimedia Reading
     Readers:  Victor Ortiz, Michael Dylan Welch, Naia, Deborah P Kolodji
     Musicians: Chris Wesley (guitar), Kathabela Wilson (percussion)
     Photos: Photos by Deborah P Kolodji, Naia, Michael Dylan Welch,
     and Rebecca Lowry (who did the West Hollywood haiku sign installation)
8:15 p.m. - Basho Meets Spoken Word - Eric Morago.  Eric Morago, a spoken word artist, will
     incorporate the haiku of Basho into one of his spoken word narrative routines.
8:30 p.m. - Open Haiku Mic (Haiku or Haibun only, please)

Saturday, February 20, 2010

DAY EVENTS at the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – HSA Executive Meeting: Blue Room, Pacific Asia Museum - (HSA Officers only)

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Poets-on-Site-style reading - haiku/haibun written to artwork on display

11:30 a.m. – No-host Lunch at Sitar Indian Cuisine, 618 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena

Return to Pacific Asia Museum, Auditorium

1:00 p.m. – Welcome, Introductions, Haiku Read-around (everyone - 1 haiku per person)

1:30 p.m. – Haiku Society of America President’s Message – Ce Rosenow

2:00 p.m. – “Round Holes and Square Pegs: Translating Classical Japanese Haiku into English” by Dr. Thomas Rimer, followed by questions and answers

3:00 p.m. – break

3:15 p.m. – “Moving with Haiku” by Genie Nakano

4:00 p.m. – Susan Antolin reading from her book, “Artichoke Season”

4:15 p.m. – “Editing Haiku” – A Presentation by Michael Dylan Welch

5:00 p.m. – Haiku Read-around (everyone)

5:30 p.m. – Closing, Thank You’s, Book Sales, Browsing

6:30 p.m. – No-host Dinner at McCormick’s and Schmick’s, 111 North Los Robles, Pasadena

Saturday, February 20, 2010 – EVENING EVENTS in a Private Home

8:00 p.m. – Dessert and Haiku Salon at the home of Kathabela and Rick Wilson
Address will be given to those planning to attend.

8:15 p.m. – Musical Performance by Rick Wilson (flutes) and Kathabela Wilson (percussion)

8:30 p.m. – Ce Rosenow reading from her new book, “Pacific”

8:45 p.m. – Musical Performance by Rick Wilson (flutes) and Kathabela Wilson (percussion)

9:00 p.m. – Anonymous Haiku Workshop – facilitated by Michael Dylan Welch

Sunday, February 21, 2010 - GOLD LINE GINKO

9:30 a.m. - Meet at Del Mar Gold Line Station, 230 S. Raymond St, Pasadena.

Park in the parking structure on Raymond.  The rate is $2 a day for Gold Line Patrons (with proof of ridership).   Gold Line tickets are $1.25 per ride, or $5.00 for a day pass.  There is also a discounted rate for seniors.  There is a nice breakfast place at this location - La Grande Orange which starts serving breakfast at 7:00 am.  The latest train I'd like to catch is the 10:03 train, but hopefully we can all gather and get our tickets and be ready to board one of the earlier trains, so we can meet up with other SCHSG members at Union Station.

10:00 a.m. - Meeting time at Union Station for SCHSG members who want to meet us.

If the Pasadena Gold Line passengers catch the later train, we'll be there around 10:20, but please plan on us arriving earlier.   Plan on meeting in the main hall of Union Station.  Keep your eyes open for haiku opportunities.

10:30 a.m. - Walk to Olvera Street.  Pay attention to the sounds, the smells, in addition to what you see.

11:30 a.m. - Meet in Circular Plaza for Olvera Street Haiku sharing. Walk down Main Street, over the 101 freeway, past City Hall, then left on 1st Street to Little Tokyo.  

12:00 Noon- No-host Lunch in Little Tokyo. Walk around Little Tokyo, with more haiku sharing in the plaza by the JACC.

1:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. - Catch Gold Line at Little Tokyo/Arts District to return.

If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Debbie Kolodji dkolodji@aol.com or Naia naia01@yahoo.com

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2nd Quarterly Meeting: June 25-27 - Seattle, WA

Details forthcoming from organizers Michael Dylan Welch and others in Haiku Northwest.

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3rd Quarterly Meeting: September 10-12 - Mineral Point, WI

Details forthcoming from organizers Gayle Bull and Francine Barnwarth.

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4th Quarterly Meeting: December 4 - Boston, MA

Details forthcoming from organizers Raffael de Gruttola and others in the area.

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