Month: July 2023

Summer Fest Open Mic Poetry Featuring DC Klein and Joann Renee Boswell at The Howard House on July 30

July 24, 2023

Open Mic Poetry Reading

Featuring Clark County Authors Joann Renee Boswell and DC Klein

Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna

1-3pm

July 30, 2023

General O.O. Howard House

750 Anderson St

Vancouver, WA 98661

The Historic Trust and Printed Matter Vancouver co-founders Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna present an afternoon of family-friendly open mic poetry on the patio at The Howard House in Vancouver, WA. Everyone in the community is invited to share a poem or just listen. We are also proud to present featured readings by two Clark County poets, Joann Renee Boswell and D.C. Klein. Bring a picnic, blanket, or folding chair.

Joann Renee Boswell is a poet, photographer, teacher, director, mystic, mother who lives in Camas, WA with her husband (a Quaker minister) and her three young children. Joann’s first book, Cosmic Pockets (Fernwood Press, 2020), is a full-length collection of poetry and photography. Her chapbook, breath so hungry (The Poetry Box, 2022), is a love letter. Her second full-length collection is a coloring poetry book in collaboration with two illustrators called Meta-Verse! (Fernwood Press, 2023). Joann has been a poetry editor for Untold Volumes and VoiceCatcher. She has been published in CIRQUE, otoliths, VoiceCatcher, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Not a Pipe Publishing, and Soul Forte. You can read more at joannrenee.com.

DC Klein is a poet looking out a window. He has been published in Residual Believers and Body Fluids, among others. His first chapbook Half a Martyr, was self-published in 2021.

Printed Matter Vancouver is a small press focused on Southwest Washington poets founded by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna in 2011. To learn more about their publications, Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic, workshops, editing, or coaching, visit printedmattervancouver.com.

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Julia Gaskill at Art at the Cave on August 10, 2023

July 19, 2023

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic

Featuring Julia Gaskill

Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige

7 pm

Thursday, August 10

Art at the Cave

108 E Evergreen Blvd

Vancouver, WA 98660

https://artatthecave.com

LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, PRO-SCIENCE, ANTI-FASCIST, PRO-CHOICE,

ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004

$5 Suggested donation

Donations can be made in person or through Christopher Luna’s PayPal account (christopherjluna@gmail.com). Include a memo stating that the money is for Ghost Town Poetry. The suggested donation is five dollars.

Julia Gaskill (she/her) is a professional daydreamer hailing from Portland, Oregon. She’s competed multiple times on national stages and toured with her poetry across North America. Julia’s work has been featured through Pile Press, Vagabond City Lit, Nailed Magazine, Button Poetry, and more. Her debut full length collection, weirdo, was published by Game Over Books in October 2022. She was included in the anthologies In Absentia (Bicycle Comics) and Excelsior! (FreezeRay Poetry), and will be included in great weather for MEDIA’s forthcoming 2023 anthology. Julia is also the author of four chapbooks, runs the poetry mic Slamlandia, co-founded the Bigfoot Poetry Festival, and is the creator of the spoken word album, Stouthearted Bitch.  Find Julia at @geekgirlgrownup or juliagaskill.com.

The Ghost Town Poetry community respectfully encourages you to support Niche Wine Bar, whose owner, Leah Jackson, provided a home for the reading series from 2015-2020. Stop by their new location at 900 Washington, Suite 130 Vancouver, WA 98660: https://nichewinebar.com.

UPDATED Statement on Healthy Spaces from Art at the Cave: We want to provide a healthy space to enjoy art. We have been practicing safety precautions such as regular cleaning, social distancing and mask wearing. As a result of the removal of the mask mandate effective March 12, 2022, we will no longer require the wearing of masks. We encourage you to continue to wear a mask if it makes you feel more comfortable, and we will supply masks and hand sanitizer at the door. As social distancing has become a norm, please be mindful some will still need a bit of personal space while inside the gallery.