» Roots and Rhythms Festival
23/07/10 18:52 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
ROOTS AND RHYTHMS FESTIVAL Joy Harjo & The Arrow Dynamics*Actual time and date To Be Announced August 19-22 2010 20 + Performing Artists 4 Days FREE Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino proudly presents the prestigious Native American & Indigeno..
» Muskogee Nation News Column April 2010
28/05/10 14:20 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
It is supposed to be spring. It’s trying to be spring. I wake up this morning to freezing temperatures, and it’s almost April in New Mexico. I remember Oklahoma springs in childhood. I felt like a small plant and knew myself as part of the..
» June: Concerts, Wings of Night Sky-Wings of Morning Light, and Workshops
27/05/10 06:20 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
12th FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS June 5, 2010 8 pm La Jolla Playhouse Tickets Theodore and Adele Shank Theatre Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light BY JOY HARJODIRECTED BY RANDY REINHOLZ Following its successful world premiere with Native V..
» How Do News Stories Enter Our Knowing?
13/05/10 13:24 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
May 13, 2010 Albuquerque Thursday What do I do with the story when I read: “Thai general shot in the head”? I read it, and where do I file it? Does it become another weight of despair pulling on my arm? I see a shower of blood, a flower of..
» Joy Harjo Concerts and Readings April 2010
20/04/10 17:58 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
April 21 7 pmJoy Harjo and BandJazz DeconstructedA New Mexico Jazz Workshop SeriesThe Kosmos1715 5th Street NW, Downtown Albuquerque,87110Tickets $10 General, $8 Students/NMJW Members/SeniorsBuy your ticket online @ www.brownpapertickets.c..
» LISTENING TO BLUES IN A FISH JOINT, DOWNTOWN DENVER
09/04/10 15:31 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
I need this unreeling of heartache, and the downtown turnaround. --Over, and over and over. When you gonna come back, baby? --Over and over and over. Why did you leave me? The god of all things reached Behind the counter, pulled up a sour ..
» Wilma Mankiller Left this World for the Next This Morning
06/04/10 16:24 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
No words.She leaves a trail of blessings.May she travel well.And may we find a way to lift up our heads from our grief.A note from the Oklahoma Cherokee Nation:From: all-employees-bounces@lists.cherokee.org [mailto:all-employees-bounces@lis..
» Concert and Poetry Calendar: April 2010
03/04/10 04:06 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
April 10AWP Denver CO The Association of Writers and Writing Programs2010 Annual Conference & Bookfairhttp://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2010headlinersbios.php#jharjo9 am- 5:45 pmS121. Somewhere Far from Habit: The Poet & the Artist\'s Boo..
» MNN Column February 2010 (Please note: for now my columns are bi-monthly
01/04/10 03:27 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
This morning I’m in Anchorage, Alaska, and at 7:15AM it’s dark as night and will be until close to 9AM. I was invited up for the first Native Playwrights Festival at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. The playwrights are from native villag..
» The Knowing
11/03/10 15:06 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
The knowing beyond the practical everyday mind is immense. We have poetry, music, all arts, to access, interact with it and translate it, to know who we are beyond the moment we have breath.
» Times of Strange Weather
09/03/10 18:03 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
We are in times of strange weather and unpredictable earth events everywhere on beloved Earth. Because we are of the Earth’s body, we feel unsettled and strange. We are being challenged to grow our minds and spirits to encompass immense cha..
» Concert & Poetry Calendar: February and March
25/02/10 19:59 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
February 26Vancouver Olympics Aboriginal Pavilion with Larry Mitchell http://www.fourhostfirstnations.com/schedule-of-events/?start=100 http://www.fourhostfirstnations.com/joy-harjo/ Theatre of the Soul 9:30 pm and 11 pm FREE West Georgia S..
» Could This Be Performance Art??
07/02/10 17:53 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
Pablo, my neighbor just fixed my garbage disposal. He helps me sometimes, he helps many of us here in the complex. He won\'t take pay so I bring him kona coffee, make cookies, etc. We always find something to laugh about--In our condo comple..
» MNN Column for January 2010
31/01/10 04:25 from Joy Harjo\'s Blog
Some thoughts for the New Year:--Yesterday, the last day of 2009, went out early in the canoe into Maunalua Bay into waters agitated by the full blue moon. We paddled out toward Portlock, through tricky water swells, with the adroit skills ..