

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Meet the Poets: Derek Sheffield and Kara Briggs
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Meet two renowned Washington poets, Derek Sheffield and Kara Briggs, whose work is steeped in the beauty and history of the Pacific Northwest. At this event you will hear some of this art read out as these authors share about their background, their process, their inspiration.

Derek Sheffield is the 8th poet laureate of Washington State. His books include Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, winner of a 2024 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. He teaches at Wenatchee Valley College and Western Colorado University, edits poetry for Terrain.org, and can often be found in the woods along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range near Leavenworth, WA.

Kara Briggs, who is a citizen of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe and direct descendant Yakama, is a career journalist who worked across the Northwest including as a staff writer at The Oregonian and The Spokesman-Review. Now an environmental non-profit leader, she holds a Master of Fine Art in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Art. She writes from her home on the Tulalip Tribes Reservation, in view of the North Cascade Mountains which is her homeland. Briggs is the author of Rivers in My Veins.

For more information visit: bit.ly/4duDyeL
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/darrington/meet-the-poets-derek-sheffield-and-kara-briggs/200029866085749
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029866085749?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=darrington-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Darrington
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1005 Cascade St., Darrington, WA, United States, Washington 98241
- **lat**: 48.25465
- **long**: -121.6041
- **full address**: 1005 Cascade St., Darrington, WA, United States, Washington 98241

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Darrington Sno-Isle Library (https://allevents.in/org/darrington-sno-isle-library/14817607)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/7bffe3b7b25402b2ad13e3bc6d2c7eb92545428872b8b4f6ccae2420e57711ad-rimg-w1200-h628-dc071530-gmir?v=1774597729
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/d71ac600b193a6b2c1a445118be209de20e2638461d2b6dd9bfe446a59446363-rimg-w300-h300-dc061530-gmir?v=1774597729

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1005 Cascade St., Darrington, WA, United States, Washington 98241
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Darrington Sno-Isle Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Meet the Poets: Derek Sheffield and Kara Briggs ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

## Structured Data (JSON-LD)

```json
[
    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "Event",
        "name": "Meet the Poets: Derek Sheffield and Kara Briggs",
        "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/7bffe3b7b25402b2ad13e3bc6d2c7eb92545428872b8b4f6ccae2420e57711ad-rimg-w1200-h628-dc071530-gmir?v=1774597729",
        "startDate": "2026-04-24T15:00:00-07:00",
        "endDate": "2026-04-24T16:00:00-07:00",
        "url": "https://allevents.in/darrington/meet-the-poets-derek-sheffield-and-kara-briggs/200029866085749",
        "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled",
        "location": {
            "@type": "Place",
            "name": "1005 Cascade St., Darrington, WA, United States, Washington 98241",
            "address": {
                "@type": "PostalAddress",
                "streetAddress": "1005 Cascade St, Darrington, WA 98241-7757, United States",
                "addressLocality": "Darrington",
                "addressRegion": "WA",
                "addressCountry": "US"
            },
            "geo": {
                "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
                "latitude": "48.25465",
                "longitude": "-121.6041"
            }
        },
        "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode",
        "description": "Meet two renowned Washington poets, Derek Sheffield and Kara Briggs, whose work is steeped in the beauty and history of the Pacific Northwest. At this event you will hear some of this art read out as these authors share about their background, their process, their inspiration.\n\nDerek Sheffield is th",
        "organizer": [
            {
                "@type": "Organization",
                "name": "Darrington Sno-Isle Library",
                "url": "https://allevents.in/org/darrington-sno-isle-library/14817607",
                "description": "Darrington Community Library and meeting room"
            }
        ]
    }
]
```