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Past Events

Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: July 17th, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Place: SoulFood Books in Redmond
Who: Cody Walker w/student readers
Date & Time: May 22nd, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Place: Benaroya Hall - "Writers in the Schools" program
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Wednesday May 7, 2008, 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Place: University of Washington, Room HUB 106A (The Gallery)
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: April 26th, 2008
Place: Whidbey Island - Burning Word Festival
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: April 24th, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Place: Richard Hugo House "Cheap Wine and Poetry"

Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Saturday April 12th, 2008, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Place: The Giddens School

Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: April 8th, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Place: 826 Place in Seattle - class on "How to Write Poems That Double as Jokes"

Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Monday March 31st, 2008, 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Place: Seattle City Hall, Bertha Knight Landes Room, Eco April Launch
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: March 26th, 2008 at 6 p.m.
Place: Microsoft - discussion of Geoff Dyer's "The Ongoing Moment"
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: March 25th, 2008 at 5 p.m.
Place: Richard Hugo House writing workshop for teachers
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Feb. 27th, 2008 at 2 p.m.
Place: Seattle City Council Chamber, Words’ Worth poetry program
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Feb. 17th, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Place: Wayward Cafe in Greenwood
Who: Cody Walker w/Julie Larios, Rebecca Hoogs, and Linda Bierds
Date & Time: Feb. 14th, 2008
Place: Seattle Art Museum
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Jan. 10th, 2008
Place: Seattle Art Museum
Who: Cody Walker w/the Cephalopod Appreciation Society
Date & Time: Jan. 9th, 2008
Place: Re-bar
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Jan. 8th, 2008
Place: Richard Hugo House
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Dec. 21st, 2007
Place: Bookworm Exchange in Columbia City
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Dec. 13th, 2007
Place: Seattle Art Museum
Who: Cody Walker w/the Cephalopod Appreciation Society
Date & Time: Dec. 7th, 2007
Place: McLeod Residence
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Nov. 30th, 2007
Place: North Seattle Community College reading
Who: Cody Walker w/ 'Writers in the Schools' teachers
Date & Time: Nov. 28th 2007
Place: Richard Hugo House
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Nov 7th 2007
Place: Moore Theatre - King County "Poetry on Buses" Celebration
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Nov 3rd-4th 2007
Place: "LitFuse 2007: A Poet's Workshop" in Tieton, Washington
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Oct 16th 2007
Place: Richard Hugo House
Who: Cody Walker
Date & Time: Oct 4th 2007
Place: "Banned Books" event for the American Library Association
Who: Four top vote-getters from this year's election.
Date & Time: Sunday, September 2, 12:30 pm
Place: Bumbershoot Literary Stage, Leo K. Theatre. (Festival admission required.)
Who: Current Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith (with Common Market, Buddy Wakefield, Melissa Noelle Green)
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 15, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Place: City Hall Plaza, Free.
Who: Candidates read-off, featuring half of the nominated candidates for 2007-2008: Roberto Ascalon, Shannon Borg, John Burggess, Beth Coyote, Angela Martinez Dy, Richard Gold, John Olson, Cody Walker.
Date & Time: Monday, July 23rd, 2007, at 7 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
Place: Richard Hugo House, 1634 - 11th Avenue (between Pine and Olive Streets).
Who: Candidates read-off, featuring half of the nominated candidates for 2007-2008.
Date & Time: Sunday, July 15th, 2007, at 2 pm (doors open at 1:30 pm)
Place: Seattle Public Library, Central Library, 1000 4th Ave, downtown Seattle (between Madison and Spring Streets), in the Microsoft Auditorium.
Who: A reading by Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith with friends Felicia Gonzalez and Brian McGuigan.
Date & Time: Sunday, April 15th, 2007, at 3 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.)
Place: The Central Library, 1000 4th Ave, downtown Seattle, in the Microsoft Auditorium.
Who: A reading by Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith at the Urban Wilderness Project's Pre- Earth Day Work Party.
Date & Time: Saturday, April 14th, 2007, at 1 p.m. (the work party runs from 10am - 4 pm)
Place: Genesee Park, off Lake Washington Blvd., on the side closest to the lake.
Who: A reading by Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith for Environmental Poetry Night, along with John Burgess, J. Glenn Evans, Scott Galasso, and Priya Keefe.
Date & Time: Friday, January 26th, 2007, 7 to 10 p.m.
Place: Trabant Chai Lounge, 1309 NE 45th St., near University Way in Seattle.
Who: A reading by Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King
Date & Time: Thursday, January 11th, 2007, 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Place: University of Washington Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center Lobby, 1959 Pacific Ave. NE, Seattle (just west of Husky Stadium).
Who: Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith reading at "A Night of Cheap Wine and Poetry."
Date & Time: Thursday, November 9th, 2006, 7:00 pm to 10:00 p.m.
Place: Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, Seattle.
Who: Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith reading at RU An Endangered Species? A community conversation hosted by Urban Wilderness Project.
Date & Time: October 7th, 2006, 10 am.
Place: Pritchard Beach Bathhouse, 5500 South Grattan Street, Seattle.
Who: Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith reading.
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 20th, 2006, 7:00 pm.
Place: Jack Straw Productions, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle.
Who: Seattle Poet Populist Jourdan Imani Keith presented Seattle City Council Proclamation.
Date & Time: Monday, September 11th, 2006, 2 p.m.
Place: Seattle City Hall Council Chambers, 600 4th Ave 2nd floor, Seattle
Click here to read a poem from Jourdan - PDF format
Date & Time: Saturday, September 2nd, 2006, 12:30 p.m.
Description: Immediate past Seattle Poet Populist Pesha Joyce Gertler read along with the four 2006-2007 finalist candidates in Seattle Center's Alki Room at Bumbershoot, where Jourdan Imani Keith was declared the 2006-2007 election winner.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Sunday, August 27th, 2006, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Place: At Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. N.E.
Description: End-of-the-2005-2006 Term reading by Seattle Poet Populist Pesha Joyce Gertler and last year's finalists Nancy Dahlberg and Don Kentop.
Date & Time: Monday, August 21st, 2006, 5 p.m.
Description: Voting concludes City begins tabulating & verifying votes.
Who: Candidates Read-Off.
Date & Time: Sunday, July 16th, 2006, 2 p.m.
Place: Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, downtown Seattle.
Click here to watch.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Monday, June 12th, 2006, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Place: Temple Beth Am, 2632 N.E. 80th, Seattle. Pesha's poetry reading opened a public discussion on Darfur.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Sunday, May 21st, 2006, 2:30 pm to 3:15 p.m.
Place: University District Street Fair, at the Chapel on the Ave Stage, 4130 University Way NE, Seattle.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Sunday, May 21, 2006, 4 to 6 p.m.
Place: The Berkshire Grill, 2132 Northgate Way & 1st Av. N.E., Seattle, with Jeannette Allée, Dennis Caswell, J. Glenn Evans and Priya Keefe.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Saturday, May 13th, 2006, 6 p.m.
Place: Epilogue Books, 2005 N.W. Market St., Seattle, with Irene Drennan and Paul Hunter.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Saturday, April 29th, 2006, 3 pm to 4:30 p.m.
Place: Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium, 1000 4th Avenue, downtown Seattle. With Esther Sugai, Simone la Drumma, Judith Roche, J.T. Stewart, and Koon Woon.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Friday, Jan. 20th, 2006, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Place: Ravenna Third Place Books, 6504 20th Ave N.E.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Friday, Dec. 16th, 2005, 7:01 p.m. to 9:08 p.m.
Place: Bookworm Exchange ("Take a Poem From Your Heart" reading series), 4860 Rainier Ave S.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Friday, Dec. 2nd, 2005, 7:30 p.m.
Place: The Rose Room, North Seattle Community College.
Who: Pesha Joyce Gertler.
Date & Time: Friday, Sept. 9th, 2005, 2:30 p.m.
Place: Katharine's Place, 3512 S. Juneau.