Geisha School Grand Opening 1 March

The Okasan, Onshi and students of Hana no Sei Okiya and Geisha School hold their grand opening, at Hana No Sei in Chodron on Saturday, 1 March at 5:30 PM SLT:
An evening of storytelling, music, and an introduction to the unique and fascinating history of the village and its mystical residents.

The Hana no Sei Geisha School offers education in the traditional Japanese arts, set against the Asian/fantasy backgroup of the village of Hana no Sei. Human and non-human students and patrons are welcome.

Senryu - Short Poetry Workshop on 2/26

The difference between Haiku and Senryu has been an ongoing debate as the blurring between the two continue to puzzle the Haiku world. Come join Shin Tao member Sunnie Beaumont and look further into Senryu and try your hand at writing a few.
The Workshop will be on Tuesday, February 26 at 7 pm PST at Rose Garden in Cookie.
The INKsters Community in Second Life will be holding a series of Short Poetry Workshops focusing on the short poem - poetry of ten lines or less, beginning with the more popular or well known short poem styles such as Haiku or Limericks, to the more contemporary or obscure poetry styles such as Fibonnaci or Quinzaine.

Shin Tao Haiku Presents: The Leopard

The Leopard....an exhibit of haiku, artwork, history and big cat facts on display at Shin Tao 2 in Ophelia. Come and see the artwork by DanteOsaka and the Shin Tao members.
With information about the leopard around the world, its spots, leopardic mythology an much more.
You can browse through some leopard haiku at the Shin Tao Haiku Gallery on the right!

Haiku Workshop on Fridays!

In case you haven't noticed: DanteOsaka Deschannel hosts the Haiku Workshop every Friday at 7 pm PST at the Meeting House in Ophelia. You can bring and share your Haikus or just have a chat with some popcorn.
This week's workshop will be looking at the Japanese short poetry Senryu, which is similar to Haiku. Senryu however is not about nature but more about emotions and human weaknesses. Come and join!

Links to Shin Tao Friends

When I checked if google finds the Shin Tao Blog with the metatags i had added a while ago I also found some blogs of DanteOsaka's friends:

Cyanide Seelowe is the founder of the Virtual Artist Alliance a group that wants to make the Arts more accessible to the public in RL and SL. Join their weekly Haiku Speedbuild at the Blekinge Sculpture Park. Cyanide also maintains her own blog Wherein I try to balance my First and Second Lives

Honoria's blog with Haikus and a portfolio with amazing drawings.

And Wila Shepherds blog The Teachings of the Scholar about the role-play of a group of geisha in Second Life, known as the Maneki Neko Okiya and Teahouse. By the way Wila Owns a beautiful house at the Shin Tao 2.

Soon we will tell u more about what's going on at the new and still growing Shin Tao 2 in Ophelia.