Events & Opportunities

October 18, 2025

Astoria Creative Writing Festival

Oregon Poet Laureate Ellent Waterston will appear alongside other writers at a weekend of readings, workshops, and literary happenings all centered in Oregon's oldest coastal town. Learn more about this event.

All day, Barbey Center, Astoria

October 19, 2025

Author Reading with Ellen Waterson, Oregon Poet Laureate

Join the Hoffman Center for the Arts for an afternoon of poetry by Ellen Waterston. Connect with community and poetry on the North Coast of Oregon.

3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita

January 14, 2026

Milwaukie Poetry Series: Ellen Waterston

Ellen Waterston, Oregon's Poet Laureate, will read from her own work. Her reading is sponsored by the Milwaukie Poetry Series will be livestreamed on the Ledding Library YouTube channel and available for viewing after the reading.

6:00 p.m., Ledding Library of Milwaukie, Milwaukie