Events & Opportunities
April 4, 2026
There Was a Time When the Word for Tree Was Landholder
Join Ellen Waterston, author and Oregon Poet Laureate, in contemplating and celebrating all things words—their origins, power, color, meaning, and musicality; their evolution and life span; their exotic configuration into languages. What do the modifications, abuses, and possible losses of words signal about our capacity for relationship to place and one another?
5:00 p.m., Hood River County Library District, Hood River
April 21, 2026
The Poetry Express: On the Road with Oregon's Poet Laureate
Oregon's Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, has visited twenty-two of the state's thirty-six counties in the past two years. At this event, she will reflect on her first term and her Poetry in Public Places initiative, read some of her work, and offer writing exercises for the audience to try.
noon to 1:30 p.m., Larkspur Community Center, Bend