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Whitewing Duo at Port Gardner Bay Winery
Jan
5
7:00 PM19:00

Whitewing Duo at Port Gardner Bay Winery

The Port Gardner Bay Winery is an intimate listening room located in downtown Everett. The perfect place for sipping and intimate music gatherings.

Join Andie and guitarist Joseph Barton for an intimate blues, funk, soul, R&B, and South Louisiana lagniappe experience. We're adding new material for the new year from across the genres - you never know what we'll do next!

Soul-singer Andie Whitewing is the lead vocalist and front-woman of Whitewing. Born and raised on the Cajun prairies of Southwest Louisiana and deeply influenced by generations of ancestors who were professional musicians, she is a fourth generation recording artist and a voice for healing and social justice. With a versatile, dynamic vocal range and styling, Andie brings deep feeling and interpretation to every performance.

Joseph Barton is a 30+ year veteran recording and touring multi-instrumentalist playing both guitar and bass. He is the lead guitarist and musical director in the Whitewing band.

Whitewing is a collaboration of musicians united by a common vision of bringing love and joy to the world through music with dedication to playing from the heart. This diverse Western Washington-based group brings sassy, soulful energy to both well-known and hidden gem traditional blues as well as blues-influenced R&B, soul, funk, and South Louisiana lagniappe!

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Resist Hate
Sep
21
6:00 PM18:00

Resist Hate

  • Snohomish County Human Rights Commission (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

September 21st is International Day of Peace with the theme of "Actions for Peace." In honor of this day, the Snohomish County Human Rights Commission is sponsoring an event - Resist Hate - where local advocates and experts will come together and share their wisdom and experience in working to make Snohomish County a safe and inclusive community.

Featured panelists will be from local organizations, the ADL, the Western States Center, and more!

This event will be hosted at the Snohomish County Campus (3000 Rockefeller) from 6 - 7:30 PM. Light refreshments will be provided.

We hope to see you all there!

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Rainbow Sunset 8/31 @ Artisan PNW
Aug
31
6:00 PM18:00

Rainbow Sunset 8/31 @ Artisan PNW

The Rainbow Sunset painting will take place on 8/31 6:00-8:30 pm. This painting is 100% customizable to what makes you as the artist happy. You can pull inspiration from my design or create your own piece.

I am very excited to work with Artisans PNW to host paint-a-longs on Thursday nights! 1800 Hewitt Ave, Everett, WA 98201

Each session will go from 6:30 - 8:30 pm but come early to get a comfy and set up to paint! Each ticket will include a coffee, beer, wine, kombucha, etc. up to $9 in value. Additional beverages and food may be purchased.

Registration will close midnight the day of the event.

Please note refunds will not be issued. If you need to cancel your ticket can be rolled over to another event.

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Everett Poetry Night Featuring Laura LeHew & Roy R. Seitz
Aug
21
5:00 PM17:00

Everett Poetry Night Featuring Laura LeHew & Roy R. Seitz

At Everett Poetry Night, We Trust Our Words. We Trust Our Audience to be Mature and
Open-Minded Enough to Embrace the Range of Topics Shared
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The Sister's Restaurant
2804 Grand Ave.
Everett, WA 98201
Located in
The Everett Public Market
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FREE // Support the venue and featured poet if you can.
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5:00 - 5:30 Arrive/order/mingle.
5:30 p.m. Sign Up
5:45 p.m. The first poet begins.
7:15 p.m. Feature: Laura LeHew & Roy R. Seitz
7:45 pm. Purchase books from feature
8:00 p.m. Good Night / Thanks for attending.
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Former girl scout Laura LeHew is obsessed with the creepy, creaky underbelly of life and whatever lies beyond. She lives in the realm of possibility, where anything can happen. She is constantly thinking of new ideas and themes to convey in my work. Her intent is to create works that are formally and aesthetically engaging while conceptually connecting with the everyday; to reify the ordinary into the extraordinary; to question realities—social, political and otherwise. Poetry is a way to explore and understand those ideas which frustrate and confront her.

Poetry forms itself, as a whole, in her head—title, form, line length, line break.

Laura received her MFA from the California College of the Arts, co-hosts the reading series, Poetry for the People, received writing residencies to Hypatia-in-the-Woods, PLAYA, MAR, and Soapstone. She owns and edits Uttered Chaos, a small press. Laura knows nothing of gardens or gardening but is well versed in the cultivation of cats.

Find her here:

utteredchaos.org

lauralehew.com
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ROY R. SEITZ is a poet with no initials behind his name.
Catches reads now and then. Has been known to drive
the meek insane and the humble to do whatever the humble do when driven insane. Hearing his work is mandatory in his mind.
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Your host will be
Duane Kirby Jensen
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We pass the Bag of Giving during the feature. All monies gathered go to the feature.
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Please protect yourself and others.
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FMI:
https://www.everettpoetrynight.com/

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Jetty Island Jubilee (ON JETTY ISLAND!)
Aug
10
10:30 AM10:30

Jetty Island Jubilee (ON JETTY ISLAND!)

Ride the Jetty Island Ferry, explore the beach, and enjoy stories, activities and crafts with library storyteller Miss Aarene.

Parking, ferry tickets, and all activities on the island are FREE for this event.  

Limited to 30 ferry passengers for each ferry trip, please register each person in your group.

Ride the Jetty Island Ferry "Queens Launch" over to the Island. There, you can explore the beach and join library storyteller Miss Aarene for storytime songs, puppets, and activities.

Please arrive at the ferry terminal 15 minutes prior to your ticket time.  

Parking is located at 522 10th St., or you can take the free shuttle departing from the front door of the Main Library (2702 Hoyt Avenue)

Your return ferry ticket is part of this registration.  

Children under age 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Please do not bring pets, alcohol, or glass containers.

Register for a ferry time slot at www.epls.org/SignMeUp 

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Books and Brews: Used Book Sale Fundraiser (Scuttlebutt Taproom & Brewery)
Aug
5
3:00 PM15:00

Books and Brews: Used Book Sale Fundraiser (Scuttlebutt Taproom & Brewery)

Do you like exploring used book stores? Are you a fan of craft beer?  If so, this is the book sale for you! The Friends of the Everett Public Library and Library staff will be hosting a used book sale at the Scuttlebutt Taproom & Brewery and answering questions about the library's programs and services. 

All proceeds from the book sale and a percentage of taproom sales will go to support the Everett Public Library. Bring your friends, browse some books, and enjoy a pint or two. Not a beer drinker? Order a delicious non-alcoholic root beer from the bar instead. Don't worry if you don't have time to hang out and enjoy the patio, a percentage of can and keg sales will also be donated to the library

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 Mouth Stuff Spoken Word Open Mic
Jun
24
6:30 PM18:30

Mouth Stuff Spoken Word Open Mic

Mouth Stuff

Last Saturday of every month

6:30pm

($5 cover)

Come and perform your own stuff in any spoken word genre: comedy, poetry, prose, stories, slam, etc.....or just come and enjoy some good ole' oral tradition as a purely voyeuristic patron of the arts!

Karaoke also available!!

No need to sign up early or provide your material beforehand. You can show up anytime throughout the night and may even up for multiple slots if there are open slots to do so.

2610 Colby Ave / 425-259-5912 / everettimprov.com

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Everett Poetry Night Featuring Christopher Luna The Sisters Restaurant
Jun
19
5:00 PM17:00

Everett Poetry Night Featuring Christopher Luna The Sisters Restaurant

Everett Poetry Night
Featuring Christopher Luna

5-8pm
Monday, June 19
and every Monday

The Sister's Restaurant
2804 Grand Avenue
Everett, WA 98201

Christopher Luna is a poet, editor, teacher, writing coach, and artist who served as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Clark County, WA from 2013-2017. Luna has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. He is the co-founder, with Toni Lumbrazo Luna, of Printed Matter Vancouver, an editing service and small press for Northwest writers. He and Morgan Paige co-host the LGBTQ+ friendly, all ages and uncensored Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic in Vancouver, WA, founded by Christopher in 2004. Christopher Luna’s books include Exchanging Wisdom: A Guide for Parents of the Autonomous (The Poetry Box, 2021 with Angelo Luna), Message from the Vessel in a Dream (Flowstone Press, 2018), Brutal Glints of Moonlight, and The Flame Is Ours: The Letters of Stan Brakhage and Michael McClure 1961-1978 (Big Bridge).

The EPN Story from the Everett Poetry Night website:

At Everett Poetry Night,
We Trust Our Words And We Trust Our
Audience to be Mature and
Open-Minded Enough to Embrace
the Range of Topics Shared.

Everett Poetry Night has been Everett, Washington's premier poetic outlet since 2006. Gathering every Thursday, (except major holidays), to share poetry and song. We welcome everyone from the page poet to the slam poet, from the rapper to spoken word artist and singer songwriter.

Through words we share a bond that makes us a community.

Through words we level walls.

Through listening we honor the performer.

Everett Poetry Nite was founded and hosted by Garrett Rutledge in 2006. His goal was to bring together poets of all ages, skill, and styles into a blended environment that enriched the creative spirit in us all.

In August 2013, Garrett passed on the guidance of Everett Poetry Night to Duane Kirby Jensen, who continues to build upon the foundation Garrett built.

Café Zippy was the home of Everett Poetry Night from 2006 - 2021, when they finally closed their doors. During that time, Café Zippy relocated three times.

2006 to 2012 they were on Hewitt Avenue. 2013 to 2016 they were at 2811 Wetmore Avenue. February 9, 2017 till closing on December 31st, 2021 they were at 1502 Rucker Ave,

Everett Poetry Night was born at Café Zippys in 2006. We moved temporarily to 3231 Creatives on Broadway, which became our home for four months until the Café Zippy's found a new home at 2811 Wetmore Avenue. During January and the first week of February 2017 we found temporary lodging at Black Lab Gallery 1618 Hewitt Ave.

New Location January 2022: The Sister's Restaurant, 2804 Grand Ave., Everett, WA 98201

The Sister's Restaurant is in the Everett Public Market which is also home of The Sno-Isle Food-co-op.

There is plenty of free parking .

Time to forge a new history and expand our poetry community.

Ver menos


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Grand Opening, Out on a Limb - poetry in the trees
Apr
1
2:00 PM14:00

Grand Opening, Out on a Limb - poetry in the trees

The first official special event celebrating our 60th anniversary is "Out on a Limb: Poetry in the Trees." Please join us for an Opening Reception & Poetry Reading on April 1st at 2 pm in the Arboretum Classroom with Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rae Armantrout.

This project began last fall with a call for short poems with a nature theme to be used in the Arboretum during April, National Poetry Month. 60 people entered a poem or two in our contest. Poets Rae Armantrout, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet, and Kevin Craft, English instructor at Everett Community College and editor of Poetry Northwest, generously agreed to act as judges.

Volunteers have been working for about six weeks to stamp the winning poems into clay tablets which will be glazed and fired, and then hung in the Arboretum for the month of April.

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