[CANCELLED Due to Inclement Weather] Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Victor Griggs at Art At The Cave on February 13, 2025

In the interest of everyone’s safety, Art At The Cave, featured reader Victor Griggs, and I have decided to cancel tonight’s event. Stay tuned for information about when Victor’s reading will be rescheduled. My hope is to invite Victor to participate in a double feature with one of our upcoming featured readers. Double features are fun.

While we’re waiting, why not purchase a copy of Victor’s book Rolling Through Life

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic

Featuring Victor Griggs

Author of Rolling Through Life

Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige

7 pm

Thursday, February 13

Art At The Cave

108 E Evergreen Blvd

Vancouver, WA 98660

https://artatthecave.com

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

PRO-CHOICE, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004

https://printedmattervancouver.com/

$5 Suggested donation

No one will be turned away for lack of funds

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.

According to Victor Griggs, “I am from the Pacific Northwest. I always love writing but I really started taking seriously during The pandemic. Never give up on your dreams. For more information about me and my work please visit futurelegs.net.”

Book description from Victor’s website: Rolling Through Life chronicles Victor Griggs’ reflections from 2019-2021, set against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the solitude of quarantine, intensified by his personal challenges with cerebral palsy, Victor immersed himself in the details, stories, and thoughts he lived with each day. This short collection of poetry and prose is a tribute to his resilience and introspection during those times of isolation.

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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.

Ghost Town Poetry Volume Three is Now Available

Book cover artwork by Christopher Luna, Toni Lumbrazo Luna and Morgan Paige

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic, Printed Matter Vancouver founders Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna co-edited a third anthology of poems from the series with series co-host Morgan Paige.

Ghost Town Poetry Volume Three features poems, memories, and photographs from throughout our two-decade history.

You can order the book directly from us by sending $20 via CashApp (ChristopherLuna9), PayPal (search for me via christopherjluna@gmail.com), or Venmo (username @Christopher-Luna-66).

Sticker designed by Morgan Paige featuring Christopher Luna’s self portrait

Many thanks to Morgan Paige for handling our Kickstarter campaign and for designing the book.

We are very grateful to all of our contributors and to all the peopl in our community and across the country who donated to our Kickstarter. We are especially thankful to Art At The Cave owner Anne John for her generous donation which made the book possible.

You can purchase the book locally at Vintage Books, Art At The Cave, or Powell’s Books.