# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry Reading & Open Mic!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Guest readers Rick Barot and Jamaica Baldwin will be joining us for an evening of poetry!

Rick Barot was born in the Philippines and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.  His fourth book of poems, "The Galleons", was published by Milkweed Editions and was longlisted for the National Book Award. He directs The Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University.  His newest book of poems, "Moving the Bones", was published by Milkweed Editions in 2024.

Jamaica Baldwin is a Seattle poet and educator originally from Santa Cruz, CA. Her first book, "Bone Language", was published by YesYes Books in June 2023. Her work has appeared in "Guernica", "World Literature Today", "The Adroit Journal", "Prairie Schooner", "Poetry Northwest", and "The Missouri Review", among others. Her accolades include a 2023 Pushcart Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a RHINO Poetry editor's prize, a Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award, as well as the San Miguel de Allende Writer's Conference Contest Poetry Award.


Sign up to read opens at 6:45pm. Ages 14+

*Cookies, courtesy of T & C, wine, and tea will be served.

*Hosted by our Poet Laureate Michele Bombardier at the Bainbridge Public Library. Event held at Bainbridge Public Library at 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110.
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic, workshops, business, contests, sports, conferences
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 22

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Bainbridge Island
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bainbridge Public Library
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- **full address**: Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2721, United States

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- **organizer**: Bainbridge Island Poet Laureate (https://allevents.in/org/bainbridge-island-poet-laureate/23485253)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2721, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bainbridge Island Poet Laureate
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, open-mic, workshops, business, contests, sports, conferences
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Poetry Reading & Open Mic! ?
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