2025 Cascadia Poetry Festival 9 – Seattle Schedule
Friday, October 10, 2025
9:00–9:30 am
Registration
Location:
Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
9:30 am–12 noon
Workshops
Ekphrasis: Writing Inspired by Visual Art
Brenda Cardenas
Location: TBA
Writing Poetry: A Narrow Path to the Interior
Katie Sarah Zale
Location: TBA
Poetry as Interventionist Event
Roxi Power
Location: TBA
Blooming Difference: Exploring poetry, microcuentos and memoir at the Kubota Garden with Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs!
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
Location:
Kubota Garden
9817 55th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
12:00–1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00–3:00 pm
Workshops
Eco Workshop with Brenda Hillman
Brenda Hillman
Location: Dead Horse Canyon (Leave from RBCC)
Lakeridge Park, Seattle
Investigative Poetry
Sharon Thesen
Location: TBA
Open Churchyard: Lyric and Form For People Who Hate Lyric and Form
Robert Lashley
Location: TBA
5:00–7:00 pm
Dinner for Staff, Faculty
7:00–9:00 pm
Keynote Reading:
Robert Lashley, Sharon Thesen, Roberto Harrison, Brenda Hillman, Matt Trease emcee
Location:
Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Location:
Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
9:00–9:30 am
Land Acknowledgment by Ken Workman of the Duwamish Tribe
9:30–12:00 noon
Panel 1: The Practice of the Self, Practice of Cascadia
Roberto Harrison, Alicia Hokanson, Lorin Medley, Brandon Letsinger, Robert Michael Pyle, Jason Wirth moderator
Panel 2: Resistance
Roxi Power, Katie Sarah Zale, Brenda Cardenas, Brenda Hillman, Jason Wirth moderator
12:00–2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00–3:15 pm
Carbonation Press Showcase:
Greg Bem, Rhea Melina, Zach Charles, Matt Trease, Theresa Whitehill, Paul E Nelson. Greg Bem emcee.
3:30–4:45 pm
Saturday Afternoon Reading:
Lorin Medley, Jim Dott, Katie Sarah Zale, Brenda Cardenas. Matt Trease emcee.
5:00–7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00–9:00 pm
Cascadia monopoem
One poem per poet, no introductions. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, emcee.
9:00–12:00 midnight
Cascadia Unfiltered with Greg Bem, Veronica Martinez, and Zach Charles
Location:
Jude’s
9252 57th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Sunday, October 12, 2025
9:00–9:30 am
Learn about Cascadia Poetics LAB with board members and key volunteers at Red Wing Cafe
11:00 am–1:00 pm
Kubota Garden Reading
Roxi Power, Alicia Hokanson, Robert Michael Pyle. Jason Wirth emcee.
1:00–3:00 pm
Lunch
3:00–5:00 pm
Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election Reading
Paul E Nelson emcee.
5:00–7:00 pm
Dinner
Friday, October 10, 2025
9:00–9:30 am
Registration
Location:
Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
9:30 am–12 noon
Workshops
Ekphrasis: Writing Inspired by Visual Art
Brenda Cardenas
Location given at registration
Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
Writing Poetry: A Narrow Path to the Interior
Katie Sarah Zale
Location given at registration
Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
Poetry as Interventionist Event
Roxi Power
Location given at registration
Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
Blooming Difference: Exploring poetry, microcuentos and memoir at the Kubota Garden with Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs!
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
Location: Kubota Garden
9817 55th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
12:00–1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00–3:00 pm
Workshops
Eco Workshop with Brenda Hillman
Brenda Hillman
Location: Dead Horse Canyon
(meet at Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
Investigative Poetry
Sharon Thesen
Location given at registration
Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
Open Churchyard: Lyric and Form For People Who Hate Lyric and Form
Robert Lashley
Location given at registration
Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
5:00–7:00 pm
Dinner for Staff, Faculty
7:00–9:00 pm
Keynote Reading:
Robert Lashley, Sharon Thesen, Roberto Harrison, Brenda Hillman, Matt Trease emcee
Location: Rainier Beach Community Club
6038 S Pilgrim St, Seattle, WA 98118
Saturday, October 11, 2025
9:00–9:30 am
Land Acknowledgment, Ken Workman, Duwamish Tribe
9:30–12:00 noon
Panel 1: The Practice of the Self, Practice of Cascadia
Alicia Hokanson, Lorin Medley, Brandon Letsinger, Robert Michael Pyle, Jason Wirth emcee
Panel 2: Resistance
Roxi Power, Roberto Harrison, Katie Sarah Zale, Brenda Cardenas, Brenda Hillman, Jason Wirth moderator
12:00–2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00–3:15 pm
Carbonation Press Showcase:
Greg Bem, Rhea Melina, Zach Charles, Matt Trease, Theresa Whitehill, Paul E Nelson. Greg Bem emcee.
3:30–4:45 pm
Saturday Afternoon Reading:
Lorin Medley, Jim Dott, Katie Sarah Zale, Brenda Cardenas. Matt Trease emcee.
5:00–7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00–9:00 pm
Cascadia mono poem
One poem per poet, no introductions. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, emcee, with Connie Anthony, Greg Bem, Catalina Cantú, Jim Cantú, Zach Charles, Psalmbrea Doss, Diana Elser, Enrico Favela, Iva Halcheva, Alicia Hokanson, Robert Lashley, Adelia MacWilliam, Nadine Maestas, Rhea Melina,, Lorin Medley, BeeLyn Naihiwet, Paul E Nelson, Kurt Parsons, Roxi Power, Robert Michael Pyle, Haley Spencer, Matt Trease, Theresa Whitehill, & Katie Sarah Zale.
9:00–12:00 midnight
Cascadia Unfiltered with Greg Bem, Veronica Martinez, and Zach Charles
Location:
Jude’s
9252 57th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Sunday, October 12, 2025
9:00–10:30 am
Learn about Cascadia Poetics LAB with board members and key volunteers at Red Wing Cafe
11:00 am–1:00 pm
Kubota Garden reading
Roxi Power, Alicia Hokanson, Robert Michael Pyle. Jason Wirth emcee.
1:00–2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00–4:00 pm
Winter in America (Again Poets Respond to 2024 Election Reading @ Jude’s, 9252 57th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Paul E Nelson emcee, Roxi Power, Katie Sarah Zale, Jim Dott, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Greg Bem, Zach Charles, Robert Lashley, others.
Location:
Jude’s
9252 57th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
4:00–8:00 pm
Location:
Jude’s
9252 57th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118




