January
10 (note change to the second Thursdays instead of the fourth)
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Bellevue Library
1111 110th Ave NE in Bellevue, Washington
Meeting Room 4
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Facilitated by Tanya McDonald Featured reader: Bob Redmond
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January
20
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“Haiku/Haiga
Workshop: The union of image through words and visual art,” 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., free
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Judd
Creek Ranch Gallery
22237 103rd Avenue SW, Vashon, Washington
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Facilitated by Ann Spiers — register here
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February
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National
Haiku Writing Month
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Visit
the NaHaiWriMo website and the Facebook page
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Write
at least one haiku per day for each day of February
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February
3
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“Haiku
on Steroids” workshop
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, $35
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Open Books
2414 N 45th Street, Seattle, Washington
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Facilitated
by Michael Dylan Welch — register here
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February
14
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m. MEETING CANCELED DUE TO SNOW
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Bellevue Library
1111 110th Ave NE in Bellevue, Washington
Meeting Room 4
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Facilitated by Tanya McDonald
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March
14
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Bellevue Library 1111 110th Ave NE in Bellevue, Washington Meeting Room 4
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Facilitated by Michael Dylan Welch Special presentation by Dale Dvorak: “Lyrical Images” (haiku written in response to Japanese woodblock prints by Suzuki Harunobu, Katsukawa Shuncho, and Utagawa Hiroshige)
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April
6
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Poetry Prowl
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Ellensburg,
Washington
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Michael
Dylan Welch and Tanya McDonald reading collaborative haiku
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April
11
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Bellevue Library 1111 110th Ave NE in Bellevue, Washington Meeting Room 3
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Facilitated by Angela Terry
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April
13–14
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Sakura Days Japan Fair
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VanDusen Botanical Garden
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Various
haiku events
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April
17
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International Haiku Poetry Day
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April 19 | Haiku Reading, 7:00 p.m., free | Open Books 2414 N 45th Street in Seattle | Featuring Tanya McDonald and Michael Dylan Welch |
April 20
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Special Haiku Northwest Business Meeting, 1:00–3:30 p.m.
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Montlake Library 2401 24th Ave E Seattle, Washington
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April 26–28 | Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival | Seattle Center Seattle, Washington
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May
9
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Bellevue Library 1111 110th Ave NE in Bellevue, Washington Meeting Room 4
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Facilitated by Michelle Schaefer
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May
17–19
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Haiku Canada Weekend
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University
of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
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June
13
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Bellevue Library 1111 110th Ave NE in Bellevue, Washington Meeting Room 4
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Facilitated by Tanya McDonald Featured speaker: Ron Swanson on Japanese tea ceremony
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June
29–30
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Japan Fair
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Meydenbauer Center
11100 NE 6th Street in Bellevue, Washington
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July
11
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Bellevue Library 1111 110th Ave NE in Bellevue, Washington Meeting Room 4
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July
20
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Poets in the Park
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Anderson
Park
Redmond, Washington
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Includes Haiku Northwest poets reading from our new anthology, Zigzag Bridge
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August
7–11
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Haiku North America conference
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Winston-Salem,
North Carolina
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August 8
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Monthly Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Bellevue Library 1111 110th Ave NE in Bellevue, Washington Meeting Room 4
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Facilitated by Michelle Schaefer
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September
12
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Bellevue Library 1111 110th Ave NE in Bellevue, Washington Meeting Room 4
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Facilitated by Tanya McDonald
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September
13, 14
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Moon
Viewing Festival, 6:00 p.m.
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Seattle Japanese Garden
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Haiku
contest each night
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September
20
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Porad
Haiku Award Deadline
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See
submission guidelines (winners announced at the Seabeck Haiku Getaway in
October)
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Tom Painting, judge
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September 28
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Japan Festival
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Bellevue
College
Bellevue, Washington
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October
10
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Lake Forest Park Library 17171 Bothell Way NE Lake Forest Park, Washington
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Facilitated by Tanya McDonald
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October
24–27
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Seabeck
Haiku Getaway
(our twelfth annual retreat)
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Seabeck Conference Center
Seabeck, Washington
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Our
theme for the weekend is “attention,” with Adam L. Kern as our featured guest, plus Ion Codrescu from Romania
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November
14
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Monthly
Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
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Kirkland Library 308 Kirkland Avenue Kirkland, Washington Conference Room
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Facilitated by Tanya McDonald Featured reader: Gary Evans
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December
12
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Monthly
Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
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Lake Forest Bar & Grill 17535 Ballinger Way NE Lake Forest Park, Washington (in Lake Forest Park Town Center upper level by the Windermere office)
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Holiday
party
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