Want to learn about how candidates for King County District 2 stand on Arts & Culture? You have a chance to engage them and see the Founder of the Cascadia Poetics Lab read some poetry!

Monday, October 5, 2026 @ 7:00 PM
Rainier Arts Center, 3515 S Alaska St, Seattle, WA 98118

From the Inspire Washington website: This Fall, Inspire Washington in partnership with ArtsFund will host the Cultural Candidate Forums for the races for King County Council district 2, 8, and Seattle City Council district 5. These events will provide general election contenders the opportunity to outline their plans for restoring, supporting, and expanding the region’s cultural arts, heritage, and natural science fields. The candidates for King County district 2 are Toshiko Hasegawa & Rebecca Saldaña.

Inspire Washington has improved the climate for arts funding state more than anyone in my time here, which started in 1988. They get things done and Manny Cawaling is a warm human being and expert organizer. I’ll read some work from my new book The Singing Bullets of Soft Secession: & Other DaySongs before the discussion. Come say hello. I’ll bring copies of the new book and, if I am on my game, I’ll sign a copy for you and stamp it with my new ink stamp: