Rain Shadow Poetics LAB 2025 Poetry Festival

Language & The Land: A Festival of Cascadian Poetry Aug 22-24

Venues

• Artful: The Gallery, 526C Cumberland Rd., Courtneay

• Cumberland Museum, 2680 Dunsmuir Ave., Cumberland

• The Abbey, 3273 First St., Cumberland

Schedule

Friday 8/22

• 7 PM – 10:30 PM | Watershed Press: book launch & literary evening.  Lorin Medley, On the Way to Kluusms. Cascadian Zen writers, Cascadian Zen Volume II. Venue -  Artful: The Gallery. Cost: $20 or Cedar Pass, Copper Pass

 Saturday 8/23

• 9 AM – 11 AM | Robert Bringhurst, Cascadian Languages and Literatures. Venue – Cumberland Museum. Cost $30 or Cedar Pass, Copper Pass

• 1 PM – 2:30 PM | Jan Zwicky, Workshop: The Music of Language. Venue – The Abbey. Cost $75 or Copper Pass

• 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | What is a bioregional poetry practice? Jan Zwicky, Garry Gottfriedson, Harold Rhenisch. Venue – The Abbey. Cost: $30 or Copper Pass

• 7 PM – 12 AM | Readings. Keynote: Robert Bringhurst. Cascadia 2050. Open mic. Venue – The Abbey. Cost: $30 or Cedar Pass, Copper Pass

 Sunday 8/24

• 10 AM – 12 PM | Harold Rhenisch Workshop, Language as Ancestral Gift. Venue – The Abbey. Cost $75 or Copper Pass

• 12 PM – 12:30 PM | Closing. Reading by Paul E. Nelson. Venue – The Abbey. Suggestion donation of $10 or Cedar Pass, Copper Pass

Tickets available at the door