LiTFUSE Fuel poetry reading series featuring Kristy Webster

Tieton Arts and Humanities 519 Maple Street, Tieton, WA, United States

Poet Kristy Webster is the featured reader for FUEL, LiTFUSE’s monthly reading series, on January 25 at 6:15 p.m. at the Fueling Station located at 519 Maple Street in Tieton, Wash. Webster, a queer, Latina writer and a native of Yakima Valley, is the author of The Gift of an Imaginary Girl: Coco and Other… Continue Reading LiTFUSE Fuel poetry reading series featuring Kristy Webster

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The Center Salon

Washington Center Black Box 512 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA

This popular event is like nothing else in Olympia and will sell out fast! Our 6th annual Salon draws you in to an inner circle of poets, authors, musicians, and artists.

$26 – $37

CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Letters from a Garden: Writing and Planting at the Wildcat Neighborhood Farm

CWU Wildcat Neighborhood Farm North Alder Street and East 14th Avenue, Ellensburg, WA, United States

Join us for a writing and gardening workshop at CWU's Wildcat Neighborhood Farm inspired by Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude's fascination with the garden as the site of collective joy and community. Participants will weed, plant, write and read under the guidance of the CWU Wildcat Farm Manager and CWU graduate student, Madison Flint. Free custom… Continue Reading CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Letters from a Garden: Writing and Planting at the Wildcat Neighborhood Farm

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CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Strangers Maybe Never Again: Knowing and Writing Wilson Creek

400 N. Anderson Street 400 N. Anderson Street, Ellensburg, WA, United States

Ellensburg is interlaced with urban streams, many of them running underground. Wilson Creek, which runs directly through the heart of the city is one such creek. Join writer and poet Wendy Lee Spaček and a KEEN (Kittitas Environmental Education Network) naturalist on a walking tour and writing workshop focused on Wilson Creek and inspired by… Continue Reading CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Strangers Maybe Never Again: Knowing and Writing Wilson Creek

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CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Brass Band of Gratitude Celebration

Ellensburg Public Library 209 Ruby St, Ellensburg, WA, United States

Join us in a celebration of gratitude outside of the Ellensburg Public Library! This community celebration will include music by the Wooden Tubas, readings from local poets and writers, a live community art project by Heather Dappen, and so much more! Attendees will receive copies of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude while supplies last. Location: 209… Continue Reading CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Brass Band of Gratitude Celebration

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CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Strangers Maybe Never Again: Writing Odes to Urban Wilds

Ellensburg Public Library 209 Ruby St, Ellensburg, WA, United States

This writing and walking workshop is inspired by Gay's poem "To the Fig Tree on 9th & Christian" in which a group of strangers passing by a woman cleaning up the ruined fruit of her overburdened fig find themselves united in a haphazard harvest of figs. Likewise, join us as a group of strangers to… Continue Reading CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Strangers Maybe Never Again: Writing Odes to Urban Wilds

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CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Walk and Write at Helen McCabe State Park: A KEEN Shrub-Steppe Event

24398 Canyon Rd, Ellensburg, WA 98926 24398 Canyon Rd, Ellensburg, WA 98926, Ellensburg, WA, United States

Join us for a writing workshop and nature walk at Helen McCabe State Park, guided by Ellensburg's Poet Laureate, Marie Machland, and KEEN (Kittitas Environmental Education Network) naturalist, Jill Scheffer. Free custom notebooks and pencils will be provided and each participant will receive a copy of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. This workshop will be part… Continue Reading CWU Libraries presents NEA Big Read: Walk and Write at Helen McCabe State Park: A KEEN Shrub-Steppe Event

Free

The Center Salon

Washington Center Black Box 512 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA

Embark on a journey into boundless creativity at the exclusive 7th Annual Center Salon! Where poets weave verses, authors paint landscapes with words, illustrators bring dreams to life, musicians strike chords that resonate deep within, and playwrights transport you to alternate realities. The Center Salon is more than an event– it's an opportunity to spark… Continue Reading The Center Salon

$25 – $39