The City of Auburn and community organizations have coordinated a variety of events and performances throughout April to highlight the legacy and ongoing achievement of Auburn-area poets in celebration of National Poetry Month.
Dick Brugger, Auburn’s poet laureate, and his daughter, Jessie Brugger, award-winning filmmaker (New York International Film Festival award for best short animated video), kick off the month-long lineup with A Poetry Animation Evening. The Bruggers share their talents through presentation and discussion at 7 p.m. April 4 at the Auburn Avenue Theater.
Moderated by Marjorie Rommell of the Northwest Renaissance Poets, the hour-long program will showcase several of Jessie’s animated films, Dick’s poetry and the projects created together in which the two art forms intersect.
The City of Auburn sponsors the free program.
Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is celebrated in April, when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers and poets throughout the United States band together to honor poetry and its vital place in American culture.
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• A Poetry Animation Evening
Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave., April 4, 7 p.m.
Dick Brugger, Auburn’s poet laureate and his daughter Jessie Brugger, award-winning filmmaker, perform. Free. Presented by the City of Auburn. jessiebrugger.net
• Alive at the Center
Richard Hugo House, 1634 Eleventh Ave., Seattle, April 5, 7 p.m.
Cody Walker emcees; two dozen well-known Seattle-area poets perform
• Northwest Renaissance Poetry
Wesley Homes, 32049 109th Place SE, April 6, 2 p.m.
Poetry reading by Marjorie Rommel and Lisa Schmitz. Free
• Canterbury House
502 29th St. SE, Auburn, 10:30 a.m., April 10.
More featured readers from Striped Water Poets. Free.
• King County Library System/Friends of Algona-Pacific Library
255 Ellingson Road, April 25, 3:30 p.m. Teens are invited to express themselves by creating an iron-on poetry T-shirt to keep. Limit to the first 10. Register at www.kcls.org or 253-833-3554.
• Poetry workshop with Michael Brouwer
Warren Building, Veterans Memorial Park, April 27, 1-4 pm
Find the power in your poetry. To register ($15 advance/$20 at door) contact marjorie.rommel@gmail.com or 253-939-0571. matthewbrouwerpoet.com
• Poetry Performance: KUOW Personality Elizabeth Austen
Auburn Avenue Theater, 10 Auburn Ave., April 30, 7 p.m. Free. elizabethausten.wordpress.com
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ALSO:
• SWP, every Tuesday, 7 p.m., Auburn City Hall, 25 W. Main St. Striped Water Poets, a poetry critique circle. Free.
• Poetry Posters at Pacific City Hall all month long, 100 3rd Ave. SE, Pacific. Courtesy of Striped Water Poets and Uniquely Auburn. Free.
