Events & Opportunities
May 3, 2025
Terroir Creative Writing Festival
Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston will participate in the 2025 Terroir Creative Writing Festival. The aim of the festival is to build a stronger literary community by encouraging and spotlighting local writers while also making connections with the writing and publishing community beyond Yamhill County.
9:00 a.m., Stoller Experience Center, Dayton
June 17, 2025
Poetry Reading with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston
Join Rogue River Library for a poetry reading with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston. There will be time at the end of the program for a brief Q&A. Ellen Waterston began her term as the eleventh Oregon Poet Laureate in August 2024. The Oregon Poet Laureate fosters the art of poetry, encourages literacy and learning, addresses central issues relating to humanities and heritage, and reflects on public life in Oregon.
3:30 p.m., Rogue River Library, Rogue River
June 17, 2025
Poetry Reading with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston
Join Rogue River Library for a poetry reading with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston. There will be time at the end of the program for a brief Q&A. Ellen Waterston began her term as the eleventh Oregon Poet Laureate in August 2024. The Oregon Poet Laureate fosters the art of poetry, encourages literacy and learning, addresses central issues relating to humanities and heritage, and reflects on public life in Oregon.
1:00 p.m., Medford Library, Medford
June 18, 2025
Poetry Reading with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston
Join Rogue River Library for a poetry reading with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston. There will be time at the end of the program for a brief Q&A. Ellen Waterston began her term as the eleventh Oregon Poet Laureate in August 2024. The Oregon Poet Laureate fosters the art of poetry, encourages literacy and learning, addresses central issues relating to humanities and heritage, and reflects on public life in Oregon.
5:30 p.m., Ashland Public Library, Ashland
June 18, 2025
Poetry Reading with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston
Join Rogue River Library for a poetry reading with Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston. There will be time at the end of the program for a brief Q&A. Ellen Waterston began her term as the eleventh Oregon Poet Laureate in August 2024. The Oregon Poet Laureate fosters the art of poetry, encourages literacy and learning, addresses central issues relating to humanities and heritage, and reflects on public life in Oregon.
1:00 p.m., Jacksonville Branch Library, Jacksonville
July 13, 2025
Studio Series Poetry Reading and Open Mic with Ellen Waterston
Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston will be featured at the July 13, 2025 Studio Series Poetry Reading and Open Mic hosted by Leah Stenson at the Ross Island Grocery & Cafe. The event is free and open to the public, and attendees are welcome to read at the open mic after Ellen Waterston's reading.
7:00 p.m., Ross Island Grocery and Cafe, Portland
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