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Theodore Roethke and Bloedel Reserve: A Poet's Place
The Bainbridge Island Poet Laureate Program and Bloedel Reserve invite the community to an afternoon of poetry featuring Tess Gallagher, Linda Bierds, Pimone Triplett, and Michele Bombardier in commemoration of renowned northwest poet Theodore Roethke and his connection to Bloedel Reserve. Refreshments will be served in the Japanese Guest House following the reading. Tickets - $14 for Bloedel members and $40 for non-members – include entrance to the Bloedel for a chance to tour the gardens before the event and post-event refreshments. The program takes place from 3 – 4:30 p.m. at the Japanese Guest House. Tickets are available at BloedelReserve.org.
The Theodore Roethke commemoration continues that evening at 7 p.m. and on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library where Island Theatre presents a play reading of First Class, by the late poet and Roethke student David Wagoner, that recreates one of Roethke’s legendary U.W. poetry workshops.
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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2634715-0
Sponsor: https://go.evvnt.com/2634715-2
