Venues, Clients, and Partners
The following is an incomplete list of venues, clients, and partners, mostly places where I’ve taught poetry and related classes or workshops, or sometimes provided performances, as well as organizations that I’ve worked with. These lists mostly exclude venues, festivals, and organizations before 2003. To see a list of journals that have published my work, please see the Links page.
Venues
Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Asia Pacific Museum (Wing Luke Museum), Seattle, Washington
Auburn Community & Event Center, Auburn, Washington
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Barnes and Noble, Bellevue, Washington
Beaver Lake Lodge, Sammamish, Washington
Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue College, Bellevue, Washington
Blue Heron Art Center, Vashon Island, Washington
Blue Mountain Zendo, Mission, British Columbia
BookTree, Kirkland, Washington
Bookworm Exchange, Seattle, Washington
Borders Books, Union Square, San Francisco, California; Redmond, Washington, and elsewhere
Brick and Mortar Books, Redmond, Washington
Brightwater Center, Woodinville, Washington
Britannia Community Services Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
Brookdale Foundation House, Federal Way, Washington
Browsers Bookshop, Olympia, Washington
Camp Long, Seattle, Washington
Captain Whidbey Inn, Coupeville, Washington
Cascadia Community College, Bothell, Washington
Cedar River Watershed Education Center, North Bend, Washington
Center House Theatre, Seattle, Washington
Centro Cultural Mexicano, Redmond, Washington
Cobalt Poetry, online
Columbia City Event Center, Seattle, Washington
Columbia City Farmers Market, Seattle, Washington
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington
The Creekside, Woodinville, Washington
Croatian Cultural Center, Anacortes, Washington
Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center, Seattle, Washington
Drumbeg House, Gabriola Island, British Columbia
East West Bookshop, Seattle, Washington
Enso Center, Redmond, Washington
Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park, Redmond, Washington
Firehouse Arts and Events Center, Bellingham (Fairhaven), Washington
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, Washington
Fort Mason, San Francisco, California
Gabriola Commons, Gabriola Island, British Columbia
Gallery One, Ellensburg, Washington
Gard Vintners, Ellensburg, Washington
Georgetown Steam Plant, Seattle, Washington
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, Washington
Graham Visitor Center, Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle, Washington
Green Gulch Zen Center, Marin County, California
Hakone Gardens, Saratoga, California
Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Hero House, Bellevue, Washington
Hibulb Cultural Center, Tulalip, Washington
Hillcrest Community Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
Historic Joy Kogawa House, Vancouver, British Columbia
Historic Shell Station, Issaquah, Washington
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, Leavenworth, Washington
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, Washington
Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Japanese Friendship Garden, San Jose, California
Jewelbox Theatre, Seattle, Washington
Kiana Lodge, Poulsbo, Washington
King’s Books, Tacoma, Washington
Kubota Garden, Seattle, Washington
Lake Washington Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Clyde Hill, Washington
Madrona Series Poetry Readings, Anacortes, Washington
Meadowbrook Pond, Seattle, Washington
Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, Bellevue, Washington
Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, Washington
Monterey Community Centre, Victoria, British Columbia
Moore Theatre, Seattle, Washington
Mountain Rain Zen Community, Vancouver, British Columbia
Mukai Farm & Garden, Vashon Island, Washington
Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, Washington
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, Washington
National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, Oregon
Nichiren Buddhist Center, Seattle, Washington
Nature Consortium, Seattle, Washington
North Cascades Institute Environmental Learning Center, Diablo Lake, North Cascades National Park, Washington
North Town Coffeehouse, Yakima, Washington
Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (MFA program), Whidbey Island, Washington
Oil and Water Arts, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, Redmond, Washington
Old Skool’s Back Room, Ellensburg, Washington
Olympic Sculpture Park (Seattle Art Museum), Seattle, Washington
Open Books, Seattle, Washington
Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, Washington
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, near Mount Vernon, Washington
Parkplace Books, Kirkland, Washington
Pelican Bay Books & Coffeehouse, Anacortes, Washington
Pioneer Pavilion Community Center, Ferndale, Washington
Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
Rattlecast (Rattle magazine), online
Redmond City Hall, Redmond, Washington
Redmond Heights Senior Living Center, Redmond, Washington
Redmond Senior Center, Redmond, Washington
Redmond Watershed Preserve, Redmond, Washington
Richard Hugo House, Seattle, Washington
Ryan James Gallery, Bellevue, Washington (now in Kirkland)
Sammamish Teen Center, Sammamish, Washington
San Francisco School of Art, San Francisco, California
San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Chōeizan Enkyōji Nichiren Buddhist Temple, Seattle, Washington
Seattle Japanese Garden, Seattle, Washington
Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
SecondStory Repertory Theater, Redmond, Washington
Seward Park Environmental & Audubon Center, Seattle, Washington
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia
Skagit River Poetry Festival, La Conner, Washington
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia
Tadg’s (Irish pub), Kyoto, Japan
Tillicum House (Pioneer Park), Ferndale, Washington
Tsuga Fine Art, Bothell, Washington
Union College, Schenectady, New York
University House, Issaquah, Washington
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
VALA Art Center, Redmond and Kirkland, Washington
VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia
Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar, Seattle, Washington
Village Books, Bellingham, Washington
Zoom!
Festivals (mostly in Washington state)
Aki Matsuri, Bellevue, Washington
American Literature Association conference (various locations)
Arts in Nature Festival (for the Nature Consortium), Seattle, Washington
Auburn Days Festival / AuburnFest, Auburn, Washington
Ballard Poetry Fest
Bumbershoot
Burning Word
Cascadia Poetry Festival
Ferndale Cherry Blossom Festival, Ferndale, Washington
Field’s End Writers Conference
Folklife
Glass House Festival, Hyderabad, India
Good Ol’ Days Festival, Auburn, Washington
Haiku Canada (various locations)
Haiku North America (various locations)
Haiku Society of America (various locations)
Jack London Writers’ Conference, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, California
Japan Fair, Bellevue, Washington
Japan Writers Conference, Japan
Lewis Carroll Society of North America (various locations)
LitFuse, Tieton, Washington
Microsoft Engineering Forum, Redmond, Washington
Moon Viewing Festival (Seattle Japanese Garden)
Mukai Farm & Garden Haiku Festival, Vashon Island, Washington
Northwest Bookfest
Northwest Poets’ Concord, Newport, Oregon
Perth Poetry Festival, Perth, Australia
Poets in the Park, Redmond, Washington
Redmond Lights Festival, Redmond, Washington
Sakura Days Japan Fair, Vancouver, British Columbia
Sakura-Con
SAM Remix (Seattle Art Museum)
Seabeck Haiku Getaway
Seattle Bookfest
Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival
Seattle Poetry Festival
Skagit Valley Poetry Festival
So Bazaar, Redmond, Washington
Tacoma Poetry Marathon, Tacoma, Washington
Triveni World Haiku Utsav, India
ukiaHaiku Festival, Ukiah, California
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival (Berkeley, California)
Whidbey Island Writers Conference
William Stafford Celebration (Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon)
Writer’s Block Literary Festival (University of Washington)
Schools (in Washington state)
Blackwell Elementary, Sammamish
Cherry Crest Elementary, Bellevue
International Community School, Kirkland
John Stanford International School, Seattle
Mead Elementary, Sammamish
Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon
Odle Middle School, Bellevue
Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor
Robert Frost Elementary, Kirkland
Squalicum High School, Bellingham
Westgate Elementary School, Edmonds
Libraries (mostly in the Seattle area)
Bellevue
Broadview (Seattle)
Burlingame, California
California State Library, Sacramento, California
Clark Honors College Library, Eugene, Oregon (University of Oregon)
Columbia (Seattle)
Ferndale
Foster City, California
Fremont (Seattle)
Green Lake (Seattle)
Kirkland
Lake Forest Park
Lake Hills (Bellevue)
Magnolia (Seattle)
Mercer Island
Montlake (Seattle)
Muckleshoot Library, Auburn, Washington
Newcastle
Oak Harbor Public Library, Oak Harbor, Washington
Redmond
Sammamish
Seattle Central Library
Terry Salmon Branch, Vancouver Public Library (British Columbia)
Vancouver Central (British Columbia)
Organizations
4Culture
African American Writer’s Alliance, Seattle, Washington
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)
American Literature Association (ALA)
American School of Japanese Arts, California
Arizona State Poetry Society
artEAST, Issaquah, Washington
Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN), Bainbridge Island, Washington
Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Bellingham Haiku Group, Bellingham, Washington
British Haiku Society
California Writers Club, Sunnyvale, California
City of Redmond, Washington
Central Washington University, Sammamish, Washington
Commencement Bay Haiku Group, Tacoma, Washington
Eastside Writers Association, Kirkland, Washington
Eastside Writes, Issaquah, Washington
French American School of Puget Sound, Mercer Island, Washington
Friends of the Redmond Library, Redmond, Washington
Haiku Canada
Haiku Down Under, Australia/New Zealand
Haiku International Association (HIA), Tokyo, Japan
Haiku North America (HNA)
Haiku Northwest, Bellevue, Washington
Haiku Poets of Northern California (HPNC), San Francisco, California
Haiku Society of America (HSA)
Jack Straw Writers, Seattle, Washington
King County Library System
Kirkland Rotary, Kirkland, Washington
Komo Kulshan Haiku Group, Bellingham, Washington
Lewis Carroll Society of North America
Lifetime Learning Center, Seattle, Washington
Mensa of Western Washington, Seattle, Washington
Modern Haiku Association, Tokyo, Japan
Morioka Haiku Contest, Morioka, Japan
Newport Hills Community Club, Newport, Washington
Nick Virgilio Haiku Society, Camden, New Jersey
North American Japanese Garden Association
Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, Whidbey Island, Washington
Oak Harbor Poetry Project, Oak Harbor, Washington
Olympia Poetry Network, Olympia, Washington
Planet Earth Poetry, Victoria, British Columbia
Poetry Gabriola, Gabriola Island British Columbia
Poetry Society of New Hampshire
Poets & Patrons, Chicago, Illinois
Puget Sound Sumi Artists, Olympia, Washington
Redmond Arts & Culture Commission, Redmond, Washington
Redmond Association of Spokenword, Redmond, Washington
Sammamish Seniors, Sammamish, Washington
Sammamish Youth Writing Club, Sammamish, Washington
San Diego Haiku Group, San Diego, California
Southern California Haiku Study Group, Pasadena, California
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
The Haiku Foundation (THF)
Vancouver Haiku Group, Vancouver, British Columbia
Wednesday Night Poetry, Hot Springs, Arkansas
YMCA