Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Ave., Langley —
Please join us for an evening of local wines and brew tasting, with regional poetry by Anastacia-Renee on April 18 at 7:30pm.
Engage your palate and your mind at WICA’s first wine/brew tasting and poetry event. While you sample and sip local wines and beer, Seattle poet Anastacia-Renee will give a reading of her moving recent works. The event features delicious wines from Dancing Fish, Comforts, Blooms Winery, and beers from Double Bluff Brewery.
Anastacia-Renee is the current Civic Poet of Seattle, recipient of the 2017 Artist of the Year Award, and former 2015-2017 Poet-in- Residence at Hugo House. She is the author of five books and has received writing fellowships from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, Artist Trust, and Jack Straw, as well as a writing residency from Ragdale. Her cross-genre writing has appeared in the many anthologies. She teaches poetry and creative writing at Hugo House and Seattle University and lives as a superhero in Seattle with her wife and dog.
All Seats $15 | wine and beer sampling additional