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Poet Eva Donjacour, photo by Ryan Harris

Olympia People’s Mic

September 11, 2017September 6, 2016

by Jonah Barrett for OLY ARTS As the seasons change from green to orange, Old Growth Poetry Collective continues to bring poetry events to Olympia. The collective’s weekly poetry show, “Olympia People’s Mic,” takes place every Thursday evening at Ben Moore’s Restaurant. Every first and third Thursday event will take the form of Olympia’s only …

Scarlett Pedersen, Kelly Miller, Rachel Greene and Brian McCracken

Socially Conscious, Brutally Honest: Poetry Slam

September 14, 2016July 27, 2016

by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS Consider those impassioned poems about the state of the world—poems that are being not simply read but performed—that one sees all over social media. That socially conscious, brutally honest poetry is also happening in Olympia, and the still-young poetry slam here has already hit the big time. This is …