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Airstream Poetry Festival

Sou'wester Lodge 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA, United States

From Mother Foucault's website: October 19-21, join publishers, authors, and plain old book lovers for potlucks in the pavilion, parlor games, readings, workshops, walks by the sea, and maybe even some karaoke. It's our 4th Annual Airstream Poetry Festival (prose and prints also welcome). Workshops and Presentations by: Alicia Jo Rabins, Anis Mojgani, Coast No Coast, Entre Rios Books, Expedition Press, Kisha Schlegel, Melissa Stein, NW Film Forum, Rob Schlegel, Sophia Shalmiyev, Tavern Books, University of Hell Press, and more! Tickets for the weekend's activities: $15 Available online: https://motherfoucaultsbookshop.brownpapertickets.com To book lodging at the Sou'wester, call (360) 642-2542

$15

Find Your Golden Thread: A Writing Workshop with Madeleine Eno

Sou'wester Lodge 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA, United States

Spring/Summer 2019 Workshop Series Find Your Golden Thread: A Writing Workshop with Madeleine Eno There’s a lot of talk these days about writing your story. And some think that means starting with your great-great grandmother and ending with what you had for breakfast this morning. So, writing becomes something daunting, dusty and overwhelming—and ripe for comparison with other more funny, interesting, adventurous people. What would happen, though, if you started to think of your “stories,” instead of your “story”? When you know your Golden Thread, you can scan back through your life and pull from your own storytelling archives, so you have a bottomless well of material. In this workshop, you’ll learn to polish your storytelling lens—what I call your “golden thread”—that unique and quirky…

$30

Channeling the Creative Self Through Tarot and Magic

Sou'wester Lodge 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA, United States

Spring/Summer 2019 Workshop Series Channeling the Creative Self Through Tarot and Magic with instructor Coleman Stevenson This workshop will introduce a range of spontaneous and magical methods for accessing creative impulses. We will find “the muse” in unexpected places and practice allowing it to come through without restriction. Prompts will use methods such as divination, magical writing, spontaneous mark-making, and severe constraints. We will also examine the work of artists and writers who have employed such methods in their own creations. This class is designed for artists and writers who want to broaden or recharge their practices, or for anyone seeking a greater connection with their creative self. Materials for all exercises will be provided as part of the registration fee. Coleman Stevenson is an…

$40

Mother Foucault’s 5th Annual Airstream Poetry Festival

Sou'wester Lodge 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA, United States

Join us at the 5th Annual Airstream Poetry Festival at Sou’wester Lodge in Seaview, Washington! October 25-27, join publishers, authors, and plain old book lovers for potlucks in the pavilion, readings, workshops, walks by the sea, and maybe even some karaoke at the Sou’wester Lodge and Trailer Park in Seaview, Washington. Featuring: Alejandro de Acosta, John Beer, Gerald Costanzo, Karolinn Fiscaletti, 2019 Airstream Fellow Harrison Harb, Anis Mojgani, Flavia Rocha, Ed Skoog, Rose Swartz. We are proud to announce the Winner of our Poetry Fellowship this year is Harrison Harb! As the 4th Annual Airstream Poetry Fellow, Harrison will spend the week prior to the festival in the Sou’wester’s Potato Bug trailer and share his work at the Saturday night reading. Tickets for the festival: Tickets…

$20