Part of the Cascadia 2050 mission is: to inspire artists and poets of the next generation to consider bioregionalism and intuitive poetic approach as a way to foster a more just and sustainable...
Interview with Joel O’Connor about Locust
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The Last Poetry Postcard Fest Activation of 2026
11a-1p, Saturday, June 6 is your last time to hang out with other postcard poets, learn about the area's local history and create some collages for your 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest season. It's year...
Wang Ping on the Kinship of Rivers
If you were to give the third or fourth longest river in the world a wish, it might simply to run free or to be clean and pure again. In the summer of 2013, the world's third longest river, the...
Last 2026 Poetry Postcard Activation June 6 11a-1pm
Our last Poetry Postcard Activation of the year is set for Saturday, June 6, 2026, at Pritchard Beach. We'll have postcard collage supplies, a postcard prompt provided by Cascadia 2050 and a talk...
Every Death Hurts (Josh Massey on Barry McKinnon)
I met Barry McKinnon at a Gwillim Lake Writing Retreat near Tumbler Ridge in 2008. This is north of Prince George, maybe six hours west of Edmonton deep in the mountains. I worked in forestry at the...
I Want to Write a Poem (But Don’t Know How): A Cascadia 2050 workshop
On Saturday, June 27, from 3 - 5pm, Cascadia 2050 will be hosting a workshop titled: I Want to Write a Poem (But Don't Know How). Cost: free, suggested donation $25. Sign up here. In my experience,...