Kimberly's EngagementsUpcoming EventsMay 15, 2020
Hilo, HI Ku'ikahi Mediation Center: Unconscious Bias Training on Zoom, 9-12pm HST Ku’ikahi Mediation Center is hosting this one and since it’s online, you’re invited from wherever you are. Registration is open. May 17, 2020 Florida Private Party Yeah, so this is a thing now. It's another private party spoken word performance. I don't know these folks, but I'm happy to entertain and enlighten where I can. (Get in touch for rates. Haha.) |
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June 7, 2020
Cape Town, South Africa
Private Party
Yes, it's another birthday party! I'm happy to help folks celebrate from afar (and this one's really afar!)
June 12, 2020
San Diego, CA
Border Voices Poetry Project Zoom Performance, 7pm PST
This event is usually hosted at the San Diego Museum of the Living Artist, but now it's online. My work is in the new Border Voices Poetry Anthology, so I'll be one of many turning up online to read. (I believe this is also part open mic, so maybe you want to share something too.) Here's the Zoom link.
June 16, 2020
New Zealand
Fat Studies Conference: Conference Kick-Off Storytelling
This online storytelling performance is the pre-conference kick-off, and it's totally free! It's open to all, whether or not you choose to register for the entire conference.
Timing: (Can't figure it out? You can watch the recording later—but you'll miss the chance to ask live questions.)
June 17: 12pm in New Zealand
June 17: 1am GMT
June 16: 5pm PST
June 16: 8pm EST
June 18-19, 2020
New Zealand
Fat Studies Conference
Hey, this is online now and you can attend in real time or have access to everything when it suits you. Register now!
June 26, 2020
Hilo, HI
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center: Brilliant Bystander Training on Zoom, 9-12pm HST
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center is hosting this training, but it's happening via Zoom, so it's open to you ANYWHERE. Check your time zones carefully.
This Bystander skillset is useful if you attend meetings, work on teams, ride public transportation, talk to people in the supermarket, etc. Note: this is the first training in a three part package--contact Ku'ikahi for a discount code if you want to sign up for all three at once. Read on, they're two weeks apart; each is described below.
July 11, 2020
Hilo, HI
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center: Unconscious Bias Training on Zoom, 9-12pm HST
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center is hosting this training, but it's happening via Zoom, so it's open to you ANYWHERE. Check your time zones carefully.
Unconscious Bias is something we ALL have to deal with in our everyday lives, but it's particularly challenging at work and at school. How will you handle your own biases and help create policies that keep other people's biases in check too? Join me and learn.
July 24, 2020
Hilo, HI
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center: Linguistic Reframing Training on Zoom, 9-12pm HST
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center is hosting this training, but it's happening via Zoom, so it's open to you ANYWHERE. Check your time zones carefully.
Reframing is a simple practice that takes practice to master. It's also one of the most powerful tools in your conflict resolution kit. This is all about hearing others (even when they're trying to be troublemakers!) and reframing the language and emotions they use so that new solutions open up and peace can emerge.
July 31, 2020
Hilo, HI
UH Hilo: Unconscious Bias Training
We're not sure whether this workshop will be online or in person, but it will be a great group of student leaders, of that I'm sure...
August 31, 2020
San Marcos, CA
Cal State San Marcos: Sociology of Education, Youth and Society
This is the first day of the fall semester and the whole California State University system is operating online this year—which is normally how I teach for them. It's Sociology of Education, Youth and Society for me this time. I love our students and hope I can help it all run smoothly.
September 9-October 7, 2020
Woodside, CA
Djerassi Writing Residency
I'm thrilled to return to Djerassi, where I did a major edit of The Daddies and finished a first draft of Fat, Pretty and Soon to be Old, back in 2011. It's a beautiful, art-filled wilderness. (I mean, just look at the website.) I'm so lucky to return for a second time.
October 10, 2020
Seattle, WA
Hugo House: Making Meaning in Memoir 2-Part Workshop
Part I: 10am-1pm
Part II: 1:15-4:15pm
Both these workshops are generative and you can come to one or both. (If you're only coming to part two, bring along a few fragments to work on.)
November 12-15, 2020
Minneapolis, MN
National Women's Studies Association Conference
Cancelled for 2020.
November 19, 2020
Hilo, HI
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center: Free Brown Bag Lunch Series, 12pm HST
It’s free and I’m talking about double binds and range of respectable behavior. Important stuff in understanding power imbalances. Come on out!
November 20, 2020
Virtual Body Peace Conference: The Body, Aging and Complexity, 3:30pm EST
I'll be presenting The Body, Aging and Complexity. You don't have to be online then though—you'll have access to everything recorded, once you're registered.
December 13-18, 2020
Big Island, HI
Yoga is for Every Body Retreat
Yes, this retreat is still happening, but we'll cancel if it's not safe. Airfares are cheap and we'll refund tuition if a cancellation is needed. If you want to attend, make a deposit and we'll be in close contact...
During this retreat we use yoga, nature and writing to discover the stories we carry in our bodies. To join the growing online community (including monthly writing prompts), add your name here. For registration information, go here.
Cape Town, South Africa
Private Party
Yes, it's another birthday party! I'm happy to help folks celebrate from afar (and this one's really afar!)
June 12, 2020
San Diego, CA
Border Voices Poetry Project Zoom Performance, 7pm PST
This event is usually hosted at the San Diego Museum of the Living Artist, but now it's online. My work is in the new Border Voices Poetry Anthology, so I'll be one of many turning up online to read. (I believe this is also part open mic, so maybe you want to share something too.) Here's the Zoom link.
June 16, 2020
New Zealand
Fat Studies Conference: Conference Kick-Off Storytelling
This online storytelling performance is the pre-conference kick-off, and it's totally free! It's open to all, whether or not you choose to register for the entire conference.
Timing: (Can't figure it out? You can watch the recording later—but you'll miss the chance to ask live questions.)
June 17: 12pm in New Zealand
June 17: 1am GMT
June 16: 5pm PST
June 16: 8pm EST
June 18-19, 2020
New Zealand
Fat Studies Conference
Hey, this is online now and you can attend in real time or have access to everything when it suits you. Register now!
June 26, 2020
Hilo, HI
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center: Brilliant Bystander Training on Zoom, 9-12pm HST
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center is hosting this training, but it's happening via Zoom, so it's open to you ANYWHERE. Check your time zones carefully.
This Bystander skillset is useful if you attend meetings, work on teams, ride public transportation, talk to people in the supermarket, etc. Note: this is the first training in a three part package--contact Ku'ikahi for a discount code if you want to sign up for all three at once. Read on, they're two weeks apart; each is described below.
July 11, 2020
Hilo, HI
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center: Unconscious Bias Training on Zoom, 9-12pm HST
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center is hosting this training, but it's happening via Zoom, so it's open to you ANYWHERE. Check your time zones carefully.
Unconscious Bias is something we ALL have to deal with in our everyday lives, but it's particularly challenging at work and at school. How will you handle your own biases and help create policies that keep other people's biases in check too? Join me and learn.
July 24, 2020
Hilo, HI
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center: Linguistic Reframing Training on Zoom, 9-12pm HST
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center is hosting this training, but it's happening via Zoom, so it's open to you ANYWHERE. Check your time zones carefully.
Reframing is a simple practice that takes practice to master. It's also one of the most powerful tools in your conflict resolution kit. This is all about hearing others (even when they're trying to be troublemakers!) and reframing the language and emotions they use so that new solutions open up and peace can emerge.
July 31, 2020
Hilo, HI
UH Hilo: Unconscious Bias Training
We're not sure whether this workshop will be online or in person, but it will be a great group of student leaders, of that I'm sure...
August 31, 2020
San Marcos, CA
Cal State San Marcos: Sociology of Education, Youth and Society
This is the first day of the fall semester and the whole California State University system is operating online this year—which is normally how I teach for them. It's Sociology of Education, Youth and Society for me this time. I love our students and hope I can help it all run smoothly.
September 9-October 7, 2020
Woodside, CA
Djerassi Writing Residency
I'm thrilled to return to Djerassi, where I did a major edit of The Daddies and finished a first draft of Fat, Pretty and Soon to be Old, back in 2011. It's a beautiful, art-filled wilderness. (I mean, just look at the website.) I'm so lucky to return for a second time.
October 10, 2020
Seattle, WA
Hugo House: Making Meaning in Memoir 2-Part Workshop
Part I: 10am-1pm
Part II: 1:15-4:15pm
Both these workshops are generative and you can come to one or both. (If you're only coming to part two, bring along a few fragments to work on.)
November 12-15, 2020
Minneapolis, MN
National Women's Studies Association Conference
Cancelled for 2020.
November 19, 2020
Hilo, HI
Ku'ikahi Mediation Center: Free Brown Bag Lunch Series, 12pm HST
It’s free and I’m talking about double binds and range of respectable behavior. Important stuff in understanding power imbalances. Come on out!
November 20, 2020
Virtual Body Peace Conference: The Body, Aging and Complexity, 3:30pm EST
I'll be presenting The Body, Aging and Complexity. You don't have to be online then though—you'll have access to everything recorded, once you're registered.
December 13-18, 2020
Big Island, HI
Yoga is for Every Body Retreat
Yes, this retreat is still happening, but we'll cancel if it's not safe. Airfares are cheap and we'll refund tuition if a cancellation is needed. If you want to attend, make a deposit and we'll be in close contact...
During this retreat we use yoga, nature and writing to discover the stories we carry in our bodies. To join the growing online community (including monthly writing prompts), add your name here. For registration information, go here.
Upcoming Events: 2021
January 10-15, 2021
Pahoa, HI
Body Wise Professional Development Retreat
Join us for this five-day experiential retreat where we'll work on uncovering unconscious bias and explore our own intersections of privilege and oppression and how they influence who we are to others. We'll also rest, write, meditate, move, spend time in water and nurture ourselves and each other on the journey.
March 15, 2021
San Marcos, CA
Cal State San Marcos: You Don't Owe Anyone Pretty on Zoom, 6pm PST
So glad to be bring this to Cal San Marcos. It's been a few years... Tickets are available via CSUSM Arts and Lectures.
May 24-28, 2021
Capetown, South Africa
International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry
More info coming soon. I'm hoping to stay at least a week longer than the Symposium. If you'd like to add to my South African calendar, please get in touch.
April 6, 2021
Damaged, Like Me Official Release!
This is my second essay collection with AK Press and I'm so thrilled. (Pre-orders should be available by fall 2020. You might even get the book early, if you pre-order.)
July 27-August 17, 2021
Berlin, Germany
Summer Arts Berlin: Contemporary Art in Berlin: Visual, Media, Conceptual and Performance Art
Yes, we were scheduled for 2020, and it was sad to postpone, but everyone is still in for this amazing experience in 2021. If you've already applied and been accepted, you're still accepted! Stand by for more info in Spring 2021. If you couldn't go in 2020, you have a new chance. No matter what though, join the FB group for the course (even if you can't come, but want to be in the know). You can read about guest artists and cool stuff even now, while we wait out the pandemic.
November 11-14, 2021
Detroit, MI
National Women's Studies Association Conference
More info coming soon.
Pahoa, HI
Body Wise Professional Development Retreat
Join us for this five-day experiential retreat where we'll work on uncovering unconscious bias and explore our own intersections of privilege and oppression and how they influence who we are to others. We'll also rest, write, meditate, move, spend time in water and nurture ourselves and each other on the journey.
March 15, 2021
San Marcos, CA
Cal State San Marcos: You Don't Owe Anyone Pretty on Zoom, 6pm PST
So glad to be bring this to Cal San Marcos. It's been a few years... Tickets are available via CSUSM Arts and Lectures.
May 24-28, 2021
Capetown, South Africa
International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry
More info coming soon. I'm hoping to stay at least a week longer than the Symposium. If you'd like to add to my South African calendar, please get in touch.
April 6, 2021
Damaged, Like Me Official Release!
This is my second essay collection with AK Press and I'm so thrilled. (Pre-orders should be available by fall 2020. You might even get the book early, if you pre-order.)
July 27-August 17, 2021
Berlin, Germany
Summer Arts Berlin: Contemporary Art in Berlin: Visual, Media, Conceptual and Performance Art
Yes, we were scheduled for 2020, and it was sad to postpone, but everyone is still in for this amazing experience in 2021. If you've already applied and been accepted, you're still accepted! Stand by for more info in Spring 2021. If you couldn't go in 2020, you have a new chance. No matter what though, join the FB group for the course (even if you can't come, but want to be in the know). You can read about guest artists and cool stuff even now, while we wait out the pandemic.
November 11-14, 2021
Detroit, MI
National Women's Studies Association Conference
More info coming soon.
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The balance between objectivity and intimate analysis certainly gives Dark an edge and has made her a force to be reckoned with on every level... Dark's performance was so packed with information, humor, and poetry... one thing is certain: her show is a must-see! |
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