PAST EVENTS

August 13

Join us for fun in the park

~ Make Me Wanna Holler  ~

a day of music, poetry, and summer fun!

Sun. August 13th, 2pm – 7pm

Pioneer Park Amphitheater in LaConner

Delta Promenade – blues music  \

/  Erik Christensen Band – indie originals  \

~ reading by NW poets and poetry open mic ~

1200 S. 4th Street, LaConner, WA

Burgers, Hotdogs, Ice Cream for sale!

~  FREE EVENT  ~

Sponsored by

Skagit River Poetry Foundation

June 24

Save the Date

Join us for our

~ 3rd Annual Silent and Live Auction  ~

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” themed event

Saturday June 24th, 5pm – 9pm

Hillcrest Park Lodge

1717 S. 13th Street, Mount Vernon, WA

Come Out and Support the

Skagit River Poetry Foundation

and the work that we do to build literacy through poetry

Games, activities, photo booth, appetizers!

MAY 13

SPEAKING OUR TRUTH:

AN EVENING FOR LGBTQ+ STUDENTS & THEIR ALLIES

Saturday, May 13th,  7pm – 9pm

Poetry reading featuring Seattle poet Luther Hughes & LBGTQ+ poets and Allies

The Lincoln Theatre

712 S. 1st Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

Free Admission

funded by a generous grant from the Inatai Foundation

MAY 12

Join us for the Skagit premiere of the documentary

THE HEALING HEART OF THE LUSHOOTSEED

Friday, May 12th, 7:30pm

The Lincoln Theatre 

712 S. 1st Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273

– Open and free to the public –

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In 2002, Vi Hilbert, a Swinomish and Upper Skagit Elder, commissioned the Canadian composer Bruce Ruddell to create a symphony to help heal our country after 9/11.

On May 20, 2006, the Seattle Symphony under Maestro Gerald Swartz premiered the composition at Benaroya Hall.