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 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 55^th 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