

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: An Evening with Derek Sheffield, Washington State Poet Laureate
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: An Evening with Derek Sheffield, Washington State Poet Laureate
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 5:30 PM
Washington State History Museum
FREE

Join us for the “We the People” free public program series on the third Thursday evening of each month.

Celebrated poet and professor Derek Sheffield will read original work reflecting on Washingtonian identities. Sheffield is Washington’s eighth State Poet Laureate.

Sheffield lives in the Wenatchee Valley and teaches English at Wenatchee Valley College. He has published several poetry collections, edits poetry for Terrian.org, and has received fellowships from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, Artist Trust, the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, and the Spring Creek Foundation for his poetry.

This program is held in partnership with ArtsWA.
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 29

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Tacoma
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1911 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States, Washington 98402
- **lat**: 47.24438
- **long**: -122.43583
- **full address**: 1911 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States, Washington 98402

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- **organizer**: Washington State History Museum (https://allevents.in/org/washington-state-history-museum/26001796)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1911 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States, Washington 98402
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Washington State History Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about An Evening with Derek Sheffield, Washington State Poet Laureate ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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