# Event Details

- **Event Name**: SoulFood Poetry Night featuring Janae Lu and Charlotte (Lottie) Soliven
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Hey, you gotta be here! Please join us for SoulFood Poetry Night at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2026, at SoulFood CoffeeHouse at 15748 Redmond Way in Redmond, Washington. Tonight’s poets are the youngest featured readers we’ve ever had at SoulFood Poetry Night: Teenagers JANAE LU and CHARLOTTE (LOTTIE) SOLIVEN. Please bring your own poems for our open mic. Admission is FREE.

Looking ahead: On July 16, SoulFood Poetry Night celebrates its 20th anniversary with an extra hour of open-mic readings. If you’ve ever featured at SoulFood, you’re especially invited to come help us celebrate!

JANAE LU explores the nuances of transition, identity, and self-discovery through free-verse poetry and creative prose. She was the 2024–2025 Seattle youth poet laureate and a member of Seattle Arts and Lectures Youth Poetry Fellowship, and is a senior at Tesla STEM High School. Her debut collection, In All Spaces Liminal, published by Poetry Northwest, meditates on the existential thresholds we occupy between past and future, presence and absence, belonging and detachment.

CHARLOTTE (LOTTIE) SOLIVEN is a junior at Liberty High School who grew up believing she could change the world. In her 18 years of living, she has done just that by fearlessly breaking Asian stereotypes with her inability to do basic mental math and her European-sounding name. Her other talents include being the lead singer in the band PB and Jellyfish, crying in public, winning plushies from claw machines, being the only cheerleader who can’t cartwheel, and relentlessly insisting that poetry is cool to the kids at Camp Yesler and her high school peers.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/redmond/soulfood-poetry-night-featuring-janae-lu-and-charlotte-lottie-soliven/200030223461451
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, music, kids, open-mic, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Redmond
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: SoulFood CoffeeHouse and Fair Trade Emporium
- **lat**: 47.675140780037
- **long**: -122.13065385818
- **full address**: SoulFood CoffeeHouse and Fair Trade Emporium, 15748 Redmond Way,Redmond,WA,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is SoulFood Poetry Night featuring Janae Lu and Charlotte (Lottie) Soliven being held?
  - **A:** SoulFood Poetry Night featuring Janae Lu and Charlotte (Lottie) Soliven takes place on Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm at SoulFood CoffeeHouse and Fair Trade Emporium, 15748 Redmond Way,Redmond,WA,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing SoulFood Poetry Night featuring Janae Lu and Charlotte (Lottie) Soliven?
  - **A:** SoulFood Poetry Night featuring Janae Lu and Charlotte (Lottie) Soliven is organized by Michael Dylan Welch.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** SoulFood Poetry Night featuring Janae Lu and Charlotte (Lottie) Soliven 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 Redmond, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If SoulFood Poetry Night featuring Janae Lu and Charlotte (Lottie) Soliven sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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