what are you doing on Saturday?

After months of long, dark days and torpor, Cascadia seems to be bursting into action. While we can’t pretend to capture all of the poetry goings-on, you can get a sense of the profusion on the Calendar page.

Take Saturday, May 18, 2024, for example. You can choose from events in Bellingham, Ellensburg, La Conner, and Port Townsend (among, no doubt, others). Drop by Gilkey Square (at the end of Morris Street on the waterfront) in La Conner at 5:00pm to hear Georgia Johnson and Randall Dills, a reading sponsored by Seaport Books. (The La Conner Guitar Festival is also happening this weekend, so allow time to park and walk to Gilkey Square.)

P.S.: Georgia Johnson reminds us that the following Saturday, May 25, is the final program in this season’s Madrona Poetry Series. Spring Cheng, whose poems were included in the documentary Dancing with the Dead, featuring Red Pine, will bring her unique voice to Pelican Bay Books at 7:00pm.