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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Ann Tweedy

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver Featuring Ann Tweedy Author of The Body’s Alphabet 7 pm Thursday, November 8 Open mic sign up begins at 6:30 and closes at 7 FREE Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 angstgallery.com Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street Sound provided by Briz Loan & Guitar: http://briz.us/ LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004 Ann Tweedy's first full length book, The Body's Alphabet, was published by Headmistress Press in 2016 and was awarded a Bisexual Book Award in poetry and a Human Relations Indie Book Award. It was also a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and for a Golden Crown…

Free

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Book Launch for Christopher Luna

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring A Book Launch for Christopher Luna’s first full-length volume of poetry Message from the Vessel in a Dream (Flowstone Press) Note: Due to the venue’s concerns about limited seating, the evening will be split into two sessions. Christopher will deliver two readings--at approximately 8pm and 9:30pm. To accommodate as many people as possible, he will also be available to sign copies of the book from 5-6pm. There will be eight open mic slots open for each half of the event, for a total of 16 open mic readers. The book launch and open mic reading will be hosted by Printed Matter Vancouver co-founder Toni Lumbrazo Luna and Printed Matter Vancouver author Tiffany Burba (Meet Me Where I Left You,…

Free

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Claudia Castro Luna

Vancouver Community Library 901 C St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Printed Matter Vancouver, Clark County Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Morgan, Clark County Arts Commission, and ArtsWA Present Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver At a special time and location 6:30-8:30 pm Thursday, April 11, 2019 Columbia Room Vancouver Community Library 901 C Street Vancouver, WA 98660 Open mic sign up begins at 6:00 and closes at 6:30 FREE LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004 Claudia Castro Luna will be signing books at Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street (nichewinebar.com) from 5-6 pm. Spend happy hour with the Poet Laureate. There will also be an after party at Niche Wine Bar at 8:30 pm. Biographical information…

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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Toni Lumbrazo Luna

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Author Photo by Maria Vara Photography Printed Matter Vancouver presents A Book Launch Celebration for Driven By Hope, the third book of poetry by Toni Lumbrazo Luna Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Toni Lumbrazo Luna Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver 7 pm Thursday, July 11 Open mic sign up begins at 6:30 and closes at 7 FREE Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 angstgallery.com Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street Sound provided by Briz Loan & Guitar: http://briz.us/ LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004 Driven By Hope is Toni Lumbrazo Luna’s third book of poetry. It contains glimpses into the lives of people she has met throughout her…

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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Eugenia Petty and Guests

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver Join us for a Central Washington showcase Featuring Eugenia Hepworth Petty with special guests Xavier Cavazos & Connor Simons 7 pm Thursday, August 8 Open mic sign up begins at 6:30 and closes at 7 FREE Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 angstgallery.com Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street Sound provided by Briz Loan & Guitar: http://briz.us/ LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004 Eugenia writes, shoots film, and covers things with wax and resin. In the past she had an obsession with cassette tape recorders. She prefers buses over planes. In the mid 1990s she lived in Ukraine and…

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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Joannie Stangeland

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver Featuring Joannie Stangeland 7 pm Thursday, August 8 Open mic sign up begins at 6:30 and closes at 7 $5 Suggested donation Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 angstgallery.com Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street Sound provided by Briz Loan & Guitar: http://briz.us/ LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004 Joannie Stangeland is the author of The Scene You See, In Both Hands, and Into the Rumored Spring. She received the 2019 Crosswinds Poetry Journal grand prize, and her poems have also appeared in Boulevard, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, and other journals. https://printedmattervancouver.com/2019/08/11/ghost-town-poetry-open-mic-featuring-joannie-stangeland-at-angst-gallery-on-september-12-2019/

Free – $5

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Jonathan Oak

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver Featuring Jonathan Oak 7 pm Thursday, October 10 Open mic sign up begins at 6:30 and closes at 7 $5 Suggested donation (for featured poet) Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 angstgallery.com Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street Sound provided by Briz Loan & Guitar: http://briz.us/ LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004 Jonathan Oak is the author of two poetry books, Sutly fucked ↑ and Things I Forgot To Say, as well as the upcoming novel Jerry. He has lived and performed in Portland for the last six years. He was part of the VAMP reading series in San…

Free – $5