Calendar of Events

Seattle Arts and Lectures presents Michael and Mathew Dickman, identical twins with distinctive poetic voices, on May 15, 7:30 p.m., Benaroya Hall, Illsey Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle. Tickets from $5/students to $50/grand patrons, at www.lectures.org/box_office/.  

Northwest poet/nature writer/essayist Tim McNulty reads from the works of Robert Sund at Village Books, 1200 11th in Bellingham, starting a 7 p.m. on May 15. McNulty, a close friend of Sund’s, edited the new “Notes From Disappearing Lake,” a volume … Continue reading →

Northwest poet Tim McNulty, one of the artists in this year’s Skagit River Poetry Festival, will read from a newly edited collection of Robert Sund poems, “Disappearing Lake: The River Journals of Robert Sund,” on May 15, 7 p.m., at Village Book Store, … Continue reading →

Ireland’s beloved poet Tony Curtis joins Waldron Island’s Sam Green, the first poet laureate of Washington State, at a Guemes Island reading May 11, 7 p.m. at the Community Hall, up the street from the ferry dock. The ferries leave every half-hour. … Continue reading →

The Seattle Poetry Slam holds its annual Grand Slam competition at Town Hall, Eight and Seneca, on Friday, May 6, at 7:30 pm.  The Grand Slam is the final throwdown of the top eight poets in Seattle for spots on the 2011 Seattle National … Continue reading →

Local poets Georgia Johnson and Kyp Bisagne will read with Minnesota poet Todd Boss Saturday night, April 14 at Front Gallery in Mount Vernon, 420 Myrtle Street, 5-7 PM.   $5 donation goes to support poets in area classrooms. About Todd … Continue reading →

Seattle Arts and Lectures presents poets Tony Jollimore and John Koethe on April 4, 7:30 p.m., Benaroya Hall, Illsey Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle. Tickets from $5/students to $50/grand patrons, at www.lectures.org/box_office/.

Alumni of Hedgebrook, an artist colony on Whidbey Island, will read at a “Hedgebrook Poets Rock Town Hall” event on Monday, April 2, at 7 p.m., 1119 8th Avenue in Seattle. In the lineup are Mayda del Valle, an original … Continue reading →

Northwest poet Paul Hunter’s workshop is March 17-18, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. both days, at harmony fields, 7465 Thomas Rd., Bow, WA. $75. Email hfproduce@gmail for more information. www.hfproduce.com/learn.cfm  

Seattle Arts and Lectures presents poet Louise Gluck on March 15, 7:30 p.m., Benaroya Hall, Illsey Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle. Tickets from $5/students to $50/grand patrons, at www.lectures.org/box_office/.