

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Washington State Poet Laureate Derek Sheffield
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic 
Featuring Washington State Poet Laureate Derek Sheffield

Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige

7 pm
Thursday, April 9

Art At The Cave
108 E Evergreen Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98660
https://artatthecave.com

ANTI-RACIST, LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, PRO-SCIENCE, ANTI-FASCIST, 
PRO-CHOICE, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004

https://printedmattervancouver.com/

$5 Suggested donation
No one will be turned away for lack of funds

Donations can be made in person or through Christopher Luna’s PayPal (search via christopherjluna@gmail.com), Venmo (username @Christopher-Luna-66), or CashApp account (ChristopherLuna9).  

Derek Sheffield is the 8th poet laureate of Washington State (2025-2027). His books include Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, winner of a 2024 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, Not for Luck, selected by Mark Doty for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, Through the Second Skin, runner-up for the Emily Dickinson First Book Award, and Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. A two-time finalist for the Washington State Book Award, his other awards include the Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year in Nature Writing and the James Hearst Poetry Prize judged by Li-Young Lee. 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, Washington.

Send an email to printedmattervancouver@gmail.com or visit
https://christopherlunapoetry.substack.com/ 
to register to receive The Work, Christopher Luna's monthly newsletter featuring news and events for poets in Vancouver, WA, Portland, OR and surrounding areas.

The Ghost Town Poetry community respectfully encourages you to support Niche Wine Bar, whose owner, Leah Jackson, provided a home for the reading series from 2015-2020. Stop by their new location at 900 Washington, Suite 130 Vancouver, WA 98660: https://nichewinebar.com.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/ghost-town-poetry-open-mic-featuring-washington-state-poet-laureate-derek-sheffield/200029815637022
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 28

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Vancouver
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Art At The Cave
- **lat**: 45.62901
- **long**: -122.67225
- **full address**: Art At The Cave, 108 Evergreen Blvd,Vancouver, Washington, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Art At The Cave, 108 Evergreen Blvd,Vancouver, Washington, United States
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art, Nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Washington State Poet Laureate Derek Sheffield ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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