Creative Colloquy Crawl
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2024
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
6 P.M.
Stimming in Stanzas @ THE RUSTY GOAT celebrates bold, brilliant, and boundary-breaking poems from autistic authors, challenging the false notion that autism and poetry don’t belong together. This reading showcases voices that are raw, lyrical, experimental, and essential to the form, ranging from joy to rage, resilience to humor, silence to song. Join us as autistic writers claim their rightful space in poetry, dismantling stereotypes with every line. Featured readers include: Sandra K. King, Beatrice Benson, Katie Scott, and more…
Women Who Write Together @ MANUSCRIPT: Women Who Write Together is a community of women who rise through the power of shared stories. We amplify diverse voices and spark meaningful dialogue with gratitude and respect. We value curiosity, learning, the courage to grow together as writers. We recognize writing as a path to healing, understanding, and empowerment for women. Featured readers include: J.D. Aarde, Dawn Ellis, Sally Hart, Kay Hayes, Meredith Heller, Janet Hubbard, Karen Irwin, Leah McCall, Kat Scheibner, Marlene Stewart, Tobi, Jessica Trujillo
Come listen to A Gathering of Poets and hear the #VoicesOfTacoma @ THE GRAND: A Gathering of Poets is here to share their work on this leg of your adventure. A spin-off from the anthology of poetry, Voices of Tacoma: A Gathering of Poets, A Gathering of Poets meets monthly at Swasey Library and produces the monthly (more or less) zine, Analog Poems.
7 P.M.
Salt, Smoke and Story @ PUGET SOUND PIZZA: Salt to protect, smoke to cleanse, story to bind us together. Join witches and writers Miel MacRae, Katie Scott (owner of Blackbird Apothecary), and Jenni Prange Boran for an evening where words become spells, rooted in ritual, ancestry, and everyday magic.
East Point West Press presents the Western Washington Poets Network anthology, Surviving Interesting Times @ MANUSCRIPT East Point West Press is proud to release a second anthology of Western Washington Poets Network poems. Produced by second-generation letterpress operator Griffith H. Williams, this chapbook features forty-three poets, from Bellingham to Vancouver, Washington. Using an antique letterpress, and featuring hand-set type, this volume resembles chapbooks of an earlier generation while presenting contemporary poetry of wit and wisdom. Featured readers include: Terry Busch, Dawn Ellis, Janet Hubbard, Ed Harkness, Janka Hobbs, Fred LaMotte, Alison Peacock, Roy Rozgo, and Griffith Williams.
Light & Fire: Speaking into Being the World We Want to See, UWT Student Open Mic @ THE GRAND: Join a rapid-fire, bright as life, visionary open mic array of UW Tacoma creative writing students sharing the hard heart work of shaping the world with their words. Facilitated by creative writing faculty, Dr. Sarah A. Chavez and Prof. Ever Jones.
8 P.M.
Caboose Canoodling @ THE MIX With cheeky wit and fearless honesty, Raissa Peters and Jonah Barnett share work that explores intimacy, pleasure, and the humor of desire. Expect a reading that’s equal parts provocative, irreverent, and unforgettably fun.
9 P.M.
AFTER-PARTY | DOYLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE’S THE SNUG
MEET UP WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE TO CONNECT AND CONSPIRE WITH FELLOW "CRAWLERS" AT DOYLE'S! SOME LIGHT SNACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE SNUG (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST). (21+)