It’s kind of a joke in the bioregional community that bioregionalists are people who fly all over the world to tell you how important it is to be rooted to place. A lot of truth in that joke. Here at the Cascadia Poetics Lab we try to live by Gary Snyder’s bioregional maxim: “Stay put, watch what happens.” Well, more than watch, as CPL events this spring are attempting to demonstrate. After all, with the federal government being dismantled, all bets should be on neighbors helping neighbors.

Friday, April 17, Rainier Beach Arts Roundtable, 6-7:30, RBAC Food Innovation Center, 2nd floor, 9059 MLK Way S. The first meeting in a monthly series designed to support local artists and the arts & cultural life of Rainier Beach in general. guest speakers will be Matt McIntosh, Community Relations Manager for the Mayor’s Office and Kelly Davidson, Deputy Director of the Office of Arts and Culture. They will discuss how the new administration can support arts, culture and individual artists in Rainier Beach. (We’ll have news on the May roundtable meeting, which will be a must for fans of local painters.)

Saturday, April 18, Kubota Garden, 11a-1p, Poetry Postcard Activation. A tour of the garden followed by an opportunity to create poetry postcards and write poetry from the Cascadia 2050 perspective. Coffee and pastries provided by Onda Origins.

Saturday, April 25, Mapes Creek Blessing, 11a-1pm. 8650 55th Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98118. Talks about Mapes Creek, sharing of the vision to daylight more of the creek and a chance to make and write postcards. Meet by the shelter near the mouth of the creek.

The postcard events this year are, in part, a celebration of the 20th year of the Poetry Postcard Fest. More on Postcard Activations here: https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/poetry-postcard-activations/

“When you find your place where you are, practice occurs, actualizing the fundamental point” – Dōgen