Snakes, alligators, & lizards!

Interact with intriguing reptiles from all over the world in this educational & fun event with the Reptile Lady, April Jackson!

For families with children of all ages.

This event is ticketed on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets available 30 minutes prior to program at the Reference Desk.

Dr. Finney, the renowned author of “Black Faces, White Spaces,” brings to the forefront the often-unheard voices and experiences of African-Americans in environmental spaces. She illuminates the importance of diversity in environmental narratives and policies. **Books will be available for purchase, and a book signing will be held after the program.

Everett Empowered is a new speaker series hosted by WSU Everett for the community. Each event offers an opportunity to experience diverse voices and real conversations about topics ranging from science to art, from technology to culture. Prior to the keynote and Q&A session, enjoy an hour of networking and refreshments.

*Everett Empowered events are free and open to the public.*

Writers share about the writers life.

Margaret Read MacDonald will teach six easy-to-tell participation folktales to share with children. This workshop is for teachers, librarians & parents.

Space is limited, please register each participant at epls.org/signmeup.

Imagine a community where everyone has the power to improve public safety—yours, mine, our neighborhoods. That is the future we are building. Dr. David Makin, Associate Professor and Director of the Complex Social Interaction lab at Washington State University, will introduce an initiative to open public safety data to everyone.

Everett Empowered is a new speaker series hosted by WSU Everett for the community. Each event offers an opportunity to experience diverse voices and real conversations about topics ranging from science to art, from technology to culture. Prior to the keynote and Q&A session, enjoy an hour of networking and refreshments.

*Everett Empowered events are free and open to the public.*

2024 Everett Reads: Into the Wilderness

Neal and Jarrod Shusterman will discuss their critically acclaimed book “Dry” on Thursday, March 21, at 6:00 p.m., at Cope Gillette Theatre, 2730 Wetmore Avenue. Neal Shusterman is a New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty award-winning books, for children, teens, and adults. Jarrod Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling coauthor of the novel “Dry”, which he is adapting for a major Hollywood film studio with Neal Shusterman. He is also the coauthor of the accoladed novel “Roxy”.

In “Dry”, a drought has been going on for a while now. Then the taps run dry. Suddenly, Alyssa’s quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation; neighbors and families turned against each other on the hunt for water.

This event is free, and tickets are not required. Artisans PNW will have copies of the book for purchase at the event, and the authors will be available for book signing after their presentation. Everett Reads is a community-wide reading initiative designed to deepen an appreciation of reading and unite the Everett community through conversation. Under the theme of Into the Wilderness, this year’s selection of authors and titles explore themes of climate change, nature, and survival. Community members are encouraged to read “Dry”; copies are available to check out, and a limited number of giveaway copies are available at both library locations.

Please join us for an author signing and meet & greet at Artisans Books & Coffee in Everett, WA on Saturday, March 16th from 11:00am-2:00pm!

Local author Jennifer Nilsen will be selling and signing her book, "An Unwanted Journey: Embracing Life After Loss," about the sudden, traumatic loss of her husband and how she navigated the grief and managed the complex processes that followed.

We hope you'll stop by and meet Jennifer and ask her any questions you might have about her book or the writing and publishing process.

Store Address: 1802 Hewitt Ave., Everett, WA 98201
Store Phone: (360) 568-1567
Facebook: @ArtisansBooksCoffee
Instagram: @ArtisansBooksandCoffee

Her book will be available for purchase at the event!

Come join me for my debut book: Unique Minds: A Self Guided Journal for Women to Process a Late ADHD Diagnosis

2024 Everett Reads: Into the Wilderness

Diane Cook will speak about her award-winning book “The New Wilderness” on Friday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the Weyerhaeuser Room, Everett Station, 3201 Smith Avenue. Diane Cook is a critically acclaimed novelist and Booker Prize Finalist. Her book “The New Wilderness” is a Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed 2020 Best Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. “The New Wilderness” is a wildly imaginative debut novel of a mother’s battle to save her daughter in a world ravaged by climate change.

This event is free, and tickets are not required. Artisans PNW will have copies of the book for purchase at the event, and Diane Cook will be available for book signing after her presentation. Everett Reads is a community-wide reading initiative designed to deepen an appreciation of reading and unite the Everett community through conversation. Under the theme of Into the Wilderness, this year’s selection of authors and titles explore themes of climate change, nature, and survival. Community members are encouraged to read “The New Wilderness”; copies are available to check out, and a limited number of giveaway copies are available at both library locations.

Katherine Grace Bond wrote a book 20+ years ago intended to bring racial reconciliation to the world, a children’s book on the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by the amazing Don Tate. She will come to Artisans to read her book, and celebrate her birthday by crafting Valentine's to send to Helping Hand ministry.

This event is to benefit for Helping Hands - a lovely local organization that helps young ones have a soft landing when entering the Foster Child system.

65% of all of her book sales go to the organization, and you can add to the blessing by donating new and gently used books for kids of all ages to be delivered with the cards created that day. Artisans will also pitch in with donations of books for kids - Let's make this a true benefit to young ones that are having their world turned upside down

Look up at dusk, and you're likely to see a bat flying across the sky. Believe it or not, bats are common in Washington and it's easy to spy them foraging for bugs after the sun sets. Join WDFW’s Habitat at Home coordinator Niki Desautels as we explore and learn about bats through stories and crafts.

For ages 5 to 10 years old.

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/

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 

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

8 Amazing Readers
Tarot, Mediumship, Runes, Energy Work and more...
Raffle Prizes throughout the Day - You do not need to be present to win.
40% OFF over 100 items in the Store - Look for the Green Dots!

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

Book purchase is not required, and there is no fee to attend this gathering.

These times have brought about great grief for many people walking among us, maybe even you. Our culture's fear of grief and those experiencing it have made the burden even heavier for those who are carrying it.

Jenny Smith, a new local author, hopes to provide a more comforting way of walking through that grief with her book, "Still Here, A Poetry Memoir of Grief and Love."

This book is available for purchase now on Amazon and will be available at the event. We welcome all who would appreciate some solace, and we hope this book and a gentle conversation about it can help ease your burden.

Everett Public Library welcomes Kwame Onwuachi, entrepreneur, chef and author of the memoir “Notes from a Young Black Chef.” Join Onwuachi for a keynote talk and cooking demonstration on Friday, February 24, at 7 p.m. at the Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.

This event is free, and tickets are not required. Artisans PNW will have copies of the book to purchase at the event, and Onwuachi will be available for book signing after his talk.

We encourage you to read Onwuachi's book and try his recipes at home. Copies are available for checkout and free giveaway copies are available while supplies last at both Everett Public Library locations:

• Main Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave

• Evergreen Branch, 9512 Evergreen Way

In his memoir, Notes from a Young Black Chef, Onwuachi shares the story of his rise to culinary stardom, from his roots in the Bronx and rural Nigeria to the launch of his first restaurant. Through it all, his love of food and cooking remains a constant, even when Onwuachi is forced to grapple with how unwelcoming the food world can be for people of color. The memoir was adapted for younger readers and is currently being adapted into a feature film starring Lakeith Stanfield. For more information on Kwame Onwuachi, please visit www.prhspeakers.com.

Dr. Jordan Peterson coming to Angel Of The Winds Arena Sun. Feb. 19

Jordan B. Peterson has taught mythology to lawyers, doctors and business people, consulted for the UN Secretary General, helped his clinical clients manage depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and schizophrenia, served as an adviser to senior partners of major Canadian law firms, and lectured extensively in North America and Europe. With his students and colleagues at Harvard and the University of Toronto, Dr. Peterson has published over one hundred scientific papers, transforming the modern understanding of personality, while his book Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief revolutionized the psychology of religion. His book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos was published in 2018 and has sold over 4 million copies internationally. The sequel, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, was released on March 2, 2021.

For more information about Dr. Jordan Peterson, click here.

Join Artisans Books & Coffee in celebrating children's literature with our Kid's Book Day! We are bringing together several local authors to share from their books, offer activities and sign their books - there will be books at all levels available.
All used books in our Children's and YA sections will be 20% off on the 11th. until 5 pm

The Main Library Book Club is back! The day & time have changed, yet the focus will continue to be lively discussion.

The book for November is "The Lincoln Highway" by by Amor Towles.
Newly released from a work farm in 1950s Kansas 18-year-old Emmett Watson hits the road with his little brother Billy, following the death of their father and the foreclosure of their Nebraska farm.

Stop by the circulation desk at the Main Library or Evergreen Branch to pick up a the book while supplies last, or place a hold for a copy here.

Award winning local author, Irina VanPatten, will lead you through taking your life story through the process of creating a book using her award wining example "Mail Order Family."

Toni Kief, local author, will share facts and frustrations about women History should be celebrating but isn't.
Though this is an author presentation and signing - she is a kick in the pants and there are sure to be some good laughs to be had.

The Main Library Book Club is back! The day & time have changed, yet the focus will continue to be lively discussion.

The book for September is "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" by Charlie Mackesy. Mackesy offers hope and inspiration in uncertain times in this book based on his famous quartet of characters, as they explore their unlikely friendship and learn poignant, universal lessons together.

Join author Erin Jones and County Council Chair Megan Dunn for a discussion on race and the book Bridges to Heal Us. Question and Answer period and book signing.
Free event, but please support the author by purchasing the book. All ages venue.

The Main Library Book Club is back! The day & time have changed, yet the focus will continue to be lively discussion.

The book for August is "The House in the Cerulean Sea” by T.J. Klune.

Come check out the cool new location of this wonderful shop!
I'll be doing a short reading from The Foreigner's Confession while screening rare Khmer Rouge film footage from inside 1978 Cambodia.
Hope to see you there!

Are you really what you eat? David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé will take us far beyond the well-worn adage to deliver a new truth: the roots of good health start on farms. Their new book "What Your Food Ate" marshals evidence from recent and forgotten science to illustrate how the health of the soil ripples through to that of crops, livestock, and ultimately us.

In “Spell Heaven,” a narrator, raised in a fishing family, finds herself at odds with her privileged teaching position in a white-collar academic world. What if, like the fishermen she grew up around, she awoke each morning and looked forward to the day’s prospects, the shining possibilities of luck and work and weather?

Toni Mirosevich grew up in a Croatian-American fishing family in Everett, Washington.