THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19.
WISHING YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
Join us for a wonderful evening of art, wine, and nature-inspired poetry. Keetje Kuipers, a renowned PNW-based poet, will grace the stage to read anthologies inspired by landscapes, adventure, and sense of belonging within the environment. Following Keetje’s recitation, we will hear from new and aspiring local poets as they recite their own connections to nature.
Come enjoy the verses of a masterful poet and support new and aspiring local poets as they celebrate nature. Take in the Foundry’s latest exhibit of art, while you savor the pairing of wine and poetry.
Featured poetry books will be available for purchase. Attendees aged 21+ may purchase a glass or bottle of Foundry Vineyard wine to enjoy during the event.
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Program starts at 7:00 pm.
Contact Alexandra James at (509) 525-3136 or alex@bmlt.org for more information.
Meet Keetje
Throughout her career, Keetje has been awarded several prestigious fellowships, including the Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University, and has taught at universities across the country. Keetje currently teaches at Hugo House in Seattle and serves as Senior Editor at Poetry Northwest, one of the longest running American journals devoted to the art of poetry. Keetje’s poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in over a hundred journals and magazines, including the New York Times Magazine, American Poetry Review, and the Kenyon Review. Her third collection, All Its Charms, was recently published by BOA Editions in 2019.
Call For Manuscripts
Blue Mountain Land Trust is hosting a poetry reading by Keetje Kuipers, a Whitman College Visiting Writer, at the Foundry Cellars on March 13, 2020. BMLT is presenting the opportunity for young or unknown poets to share the stage with Keetje, to read their poems on nature and outdoor themes. If you are interested in being considered to be one of the three guest readers, please send up to six pages of your best work to Charles Potts at PO Box 100 Walla Walla, WA 99362 by February 28. Charles will be the MC for the Foundry Cellars event, and will select the poems and poets. Please include a brief biography with any pertinent background information.
Questions may be directed to Alex at alex@bmlt.org. Manuscripts will not be returned.