Photos from Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring will erickson September 12, 2024

Thanks to everyone who attended Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic featuring will erickson at Art At the Cave on September 12, 2024.

Sketch by Chris Stevens of Pop Octopus and Vancouver Drink and Draw at Metallion Cafe
It was an epic night with over 30 readers, plus our featured reader and our co-hosts Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige
Morgan Paige reads from her new book Blue Morpho

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring William Erickson at Art At The Cave September 12, 2024

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic

Featuring William Erickson

Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige

7 pm

Thursday, September 12

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.

william erickson is a living poet. His work appears or is forthcoming in Poetry Daily, Sixth Finch, West Branch, Denver Quarterly and other pubs. william is the author of several chapbooks, as well as the full-length collection You Don’t Have to Believe in the World. He lives in Washington with his partner and their two pups in an old house across the street from a large tree.

November 2024 is the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic. This year’s remaining featured readers will include Bruce Hall, Clark County Poet Laureate Susan Dingle and Debra Elisa.

Send an email to printedmattervancouver@gmail.com to receive The Work, Christopher Luna’s monthly newsletter featuring news and events for poets in Vancouver, WA, Portland, OR and surrounding areas.

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 Open Mic Featuring Brianna Renae at Art At The Cave January 11, 2024

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic

Featuring Brianna Renae

Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige

7 pm

Thursday, January 11

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

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. The suggested donation is five dollars.

Brianna Renae is a spoken word poet & public speaker born and raised in Portland Oregon. She is the author of her debut poetry collection Her Way with Words and the founder of The People’s Poets which is a BIPOC open mic created to amplify marginalized voices. She had the pleasure of opening for bestselling author Rupi Kaur in 2022. This year Brianna Renae was crowned Portland Poetry Slam’s 2023 Grand Slam Champion. She writes in hopes to inspire people to recognize the power in their stories.

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.