meanwhile in the Methow

With the North Cascades Highway (SR20) open, perhaps it’s time to explore the Methow Valley. Fields and hillsides are painted with lupine and arrowleaf balsamroot, and in Twisp there’s a new destination: the Methow Valley Authors Library (MVAL) in Casia Lodge.

Officially opened last week, MVAL is “a collection of books and journals from every author who has ever lived in, worked in, or wrote about the valley” — more than 300 volumes to date. The brainchild of Greg Wright of Methow Press, the library will be open to the public for browsing during pub hours (daily 5pm – 9pm), and open full time to Lodge guests.

Read all about it in the Methow Valley Examiner.

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Thanks to Joanna Thomas for the heads up!

September in Twisp

Explore the possibilities of art-inspired poetry for two days in September as poet Daemond Arrindell conducts “An Ekphrastic Assortment” at Confluence Gallery in Twisp, Washington (“the heart of the Methow Valley”). The workshop, September 26 and 27, 2015, 9:30am to 12:30pm, will use “the current exhibit in the gallery to influence our writing and as jumping off points for engaging several different forms including found poems, persona, anaphora, structured free verse, and more.” There will be a participant reading at Confluence Gallery on Sunday, September 27, at 4:00pm.

Seattle poet and performer Daemond Arrindell is on the faculty of the Washington State Teaching Artist Training (TAT) Lab, Cornish College of the Arts and Freehold Theatre, and is Writer in Residence for the Skagit River Poetry Foundation and the Seattle Arts & Lectures Writers In The Schools program. He was a 2013 Jack Straw Writer, a 2014 VONA/Voices Writer’s Workshop fellow and has performed nationwide.

For more information and to register, visit Confluence Gallery, or contact Executive Director Salyna Gracie at 509-997-2787 or salyna@confluencegallery.com.