thevenue.org is one of Nick Woolsey's other sites. It offers tools, tutorials, and ideas related to helping people make art and ideas more contagious. Visit the site and plug in if you want to engage in the evolution of culture and consciousness.

flowtoys.com: Sean and Prisna at flowtoys are wonderful people and good friends friends of mine. They are kinetic toy enthusiasts and their flowlights are currently my favorite LED toys available. Also, if you click through playpoi and buy something, I get a percentage! To top it off they are selling and wholesaling our DVDs :)

The flowlights were designed from scratch by Sean and Prisna and co. This took a lot of vision, time, money, and love. I'm quite inspired that people from my own circle of friends are doing this kind of production, and I am hoping that I can help rally the community behind them (which will be easy as long as they keep making the best toys.)

yogayak.com: The best way to learn yoga on the internet. Jen and Mitchel, the founders of Yogayak, filmed some of their yoga lessons in the Vancouver Poi Studio. They were a huge help with the filming of "The Scales of Poi" and a couple of our inspirational videos.

Luxotica.com: We've got a good thing going with Luxotica. Buy gear from their store, tell them we sent you, and they'll give us big hugs, plus they'll help with our website hosting.

My little brother ben is one of the smartest people I know. He's currently doing his masters in criminology at Simon Fraser University, but I bet he's digested more books than most PHD students. Lost In Transition is where he posts information and analysis of topics related to law, the internet, community development, and other things worth thinking about.

Reconnection Magazine is run by a lovely group of young West Coasters with a community vision. They did a whole spread about poi for their summer edition. Good to see taking charge of media in their own communities!

The Play Festival is a popular English event. There is a focus on toys, such as poi, hula-hoops, staffs, hats, juggling, pegs, umbrellas, and just about anything and everything else that is fun. If you can, go.

Sista Firewire is one of the most unique and brilliant performers I've met in my travels. I saw her and Till perform together a number of times over the summer. They both have natural stage presense and they just ooze theatre. They are good. See them. Hire them. Love them.

idioSYNC is a Bristol based performance group run by Steve and Emily, featuring clowning, object manipulation, circus arts, stilts and more. Steve is well known as "2bags" within the poi world, and has been seen on the COL videos, spinning two poi in each hand, one on each foot, and rolling down a street on a skateboard, all at the same time. He gets angry if you call him "tea-bags." His socks are somewhere in Canada.

nightanddaydance.com:  Want to learn to dance with a partner? My friends Diane and David are amazing dancers and wonderful teachers. If you are in Vancouver, check out their classes! David also teaches poi and is very capable and encouraging.

The Ministry of Manipulation is an amazing Object Manipulation site, run by the incredible Drew. Ball Manipulation, Hoop Manipulation, Contact Staff, Poi, Club swinging, Body Rolling, dancing with things .... They all happen here. The video blog is fantastic. Highly recommended.

tonyakay.com:  Tonya Kay is an incredible dancer, poi artist, and raw foodist. She has produced a Beginners Poi DVD, and posts her world travels to her website. If you want to be successful as an artist, check out her site and be inspired. She's done well for herself as a dancer, has worked with amazing people, and yes, that's her up there on some of those iPod billboards.