# Event Details

- **Event Name**: DOUGIE PADILLA April featured author + open mic + book launch
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us on Thursday, April 30th, 2026 for poetry and community!

Arrow Broken Poetry Collective is honored to welcome Dougie Padilla as our featured artist and to host the launch of his new book, i dream of fish. 

Want a writing prompt? This month's theme is "Vulnerability as a Means of Connection." (Thanks to Ben Westlie for the idea!)

"Dougie Padilla's poetry is more fun than a Grizzly bear balanced on a ball reciting the Bhagavad-Gita.  If poetry was a salmon run, Dougie's would be on its belly, wriggling toward the headwaters."
- Scott Vetsch, author of Greetings from Bullhead Country and Tilt-A-Whirl

Dougie Padilla is a Chicano poet, multimedia visual artist, and activist of Norwegian and Mexican descent. After an absence from writing of 40 plus years, Dougie Padilla returned to writing poetry when he moved his art studio to the Mississippi River valley. Then, in just 10 years he created and published 3 full length books of poetry, 4 chapbooks, and one art catalog. Padilla’s recent collection – 40 feet down – was selected by NYU’s Latinx project, “La Treintena” list of the 30 best Latinx books of poetry for 2025. 40 feet down centers around the natural world and Padilla’s coonhound, painting and the art world, sports, writing, love, climate change, the nastiness of contemporary politics, aging, and living a life centered on the spiritual. 

The free event will begin at 7:00 p.m. Book signing at 8:00
Open Mic will begin at 8:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to share their work and will be allotted three minutes to perform.
April’s theme is Vulnerability as Connectivity.

This event is sponsored by the St. Croix Valley Foundation and Marine Library Association, with support from the Brookside Bar & Grill, Christ Lutheran Church, and Marine Mills Folk School.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/marine-on-saint-croix/dougie-padilla-april-featured-author-open-mic-book-launch/200029930280148
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Sports, fine-arts, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Marine On Saint Croix
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: JRODS Automotive
- **lat**: 45.19747
- **long**: -92.76929
- **full address**: JRODS Automotive, 180 Judd St, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047-7528, United States, Marine On Saint Croix

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is DOUGIE PADILLA April featured author + open mic + book launch being held?
  - **A:** DOUGIE PADILLA April featured author + open mic + book launch takes place on Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at JRODS Automotive, 180 Judd St, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047-7528, United States, Marine On Saint Croix.
- **Q**: Who is organizing DOUGIE PADILLA April featured author + open mic + book launch?
  - **A:** DOUGIE PADILLA April featured author + open mic + book launch is organized by Arrow Broken Poetry Collective.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** DOUGIE PADILLA April featured author + open mic + book launch is ideal for aspiring performers, spoken word artists, budding comedians, and audiences who love discovering raw, unpolished talent in an intimate and supportive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Marine On Saint Croix, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If DOUGIE PADILLA April featured author + open mic + book launch sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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