• January 25
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• Auburn

Washington Lutok Kobban Alele – a taste of the Marshall Islands

Lutok Kobban Alele – a taste of the Marshall Islands A Free Family Event Marshall Islands is famously known in the Pacific Islands and international community for their navigational skills of the great Pacific Ocean. This year’s main event is Canoe carving and Navigational History of the people from the Marshall Islands. In Washington, there […]

• October 24
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• Spokane

Spokane Is Reading 2019

Spokane Is Reading is featuring the novel Circe by Madeline Miller. Ms. Miller will present two programs on Thursday, October 24, 2019. Each presentations includes a reading and discussion of themes of the book. This regional community read program promotes a love of literature through conversations and connections with other readers of the same book. […]

• October 24
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• Spokane Valley

Spokane Is Reading 2019

Spokane Is Reading is featuring the novel Circe by Madeline Miller. Ms. Miller will present two programs on Thursday, October 24, 2019. Each presentations includes a reading and discussion of themes of the book. This regional community read program promotes a love of literature through conversations and connections with other readers of the same book.

• September 21
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• Lacey

2019 LaureateFest: A Celebration of Washington State Poets Laureate

Olympia Poetry Network presents a celebration of the Washington State Poet Laureates. All four past (Sam Green, Kathleen Flenniken, Elizabeth Austen and Tod Marshall) and the current Poet Laureate, Claudia Castro Luna, will engage in an afternoon panel discussion on all things poetic, and give individual readings in the evening. Admission is free (donations gratefully […]

• July 13
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• Mount Vernon

25th Annual Skagit Valley Highland Games

The 25th Annual Skagit Valley Highland Games & Celtic Festival will be held on July 13-14, 2019 at Edgewater Park in Mount Vernon. Highland Games are presented world-wide as a way of celebrating Celtic culture and heritage. Scottish Highland fun and games for the whole family, including bagpipes & drumming, Highland dance, children’s area, athletic […]

• June 22
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• Tonasket

Bumble Bee Field Trip with Rich Hatfield

The bumble bee field trip on June 22, 2019 will provide community members with an opportunity to learn about the bumble bee species in our area, their importance to our ecosystem, as well as ways we can help conserve them. In an effort to learn more about bumble bees to improve evidence-based bumble bee conservation […]

• May 9
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• Anacortes

Cascadia Poetry Festival Anacortes 2019

The Cascadia Poetry Festival returns May 9-12, 2019, in Anacortes, Washington! In addition to a tribute to Sam Hamill, poet, editor, translator and Co-Founder of Copper Canyon Press, there will be the launch of two anthologies, the Samthology for Sam Hamill and a bilingual poetry anthology in Spanish and English, Make It True meets Medusario. […]

• May 5
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• Everett

Sy Montgomery Lecture – Everett Reads!

Join us at the Everett Performing Arts Center for our keynote Everett Reads! event with Sy Montgomery. Books will be sold and signed at this free event. Immediately following the presentation, all are welcome to a reception hosted by the Friends of the Everett Public Library. Visit the library’s website for more information.

• May 4
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• Everett

Sy Montgomery with Children and Families – Everett Reads!

Children and their families are invited to a special program with Sy Montgomery, the 2019 Everett Reads author. Join us for a fun, family-friendly presentation about our special connection to the animal world. Copies of the author’s books—for children and adults—will be available for sale and signing after the program. Visit the library’s website for […]

• April 12
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• Seattle

14th Yoni Ki Baat

Yoni Ki Baat is a collection of authentic, bold, vivid, tender, powerful, and poignant stories written and narrated by South Asian women, trans, and gender non-conforming community members. Inspired by Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues, Yoni Ki Baat is performed across the United States and empowers participants and audiences to tell their own stories honestly and […]