Tacoma
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Live-Recording ft. José Olivarez & Britteney Black Rose Kapri
This March, the Prickly Pear Podcast welcomed poetry giants José Olivarez and Britteney Black Rose Kapri to Tacoma for a live podcast recording! José and Britteney joined our podcast host, Christina Butcher, and local poet Michael Haeflinger, for a chat about poetry, art and identity at King’s Books on March 20th. The live-recording was sponsored…
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¡The 2019 Lineup!
Before 2019 gets any further underway, Blue Cactus Press has a big announcement to make! In celebration of two fantastic years of publishing under our belt, we’re announcing our 2019 lineup of authors! Please join us in welcoming three phenomenal local artists, poets, and writers to the Blue Cactus Press family:
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Experimental Artist & Library Gangster, Nicole McCarthy
Put down the holiday cookies and pick up your headphones, friends, because we snagged an exclusive podcast interview with experimental artist Nicole McCarthy! Nicole is from the pacific northwest. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics from the University of Washington Bothell. Her work has been performed and encountered through installation pieces throughout Seattle & Tacoma. In this episode,…
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Kellie Richardson on the Mic
Featuring Tacoma Poet Laureate, educator, writer and collage artist Kellie Richardson. Kellie is also the badass creator and blogger of Brown Betty and author of What Us Is. In this episode, Kellie Richardson talks about her artistry and explains the importance of bringing your true self to the stage. And yeah, we gripe about changing neighborhoods and community…
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The Sh*t You Don’t Know About Creative Colloquy
Featuring Creative Colloquy founder, professional booze-slinger and freelance writer Jackie Casella. Listen in as we set the record straight about how Creative Colloquy got its start, dive into who (in the hell) Jackie Casella really is, and put a few people on blast. Oh, don’t think we forgot about all the rad CC events coming your…
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The Prickly Pear Podcast
It’s official! Blue Cactus Press now has a podcast, aptly titled The Prickly Pear Podcast. Each episode will feature interviews with creative people at the crossroads of artistic media. Lucky for us, Tacoma-based DJ JCDelaC created music exclusively for The Prickly Pear Podcast!
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A Poetry Reading, Plain & Simple
It may not be spring yet, but Blue Cactus Press is ready for a little pick-me-up (and we think you are, too)! So, in the hopes of luring warm weather and a few friends back onto our block, we’re inviting you to a poetry reading in Tacoma. Join Nicole McCarthy and Christina Butcher for a…
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“Transform” Community Event & Readings
Did you know Spaceworks Tacoma partnered with Creative Colloquy to present readings on transforming Tacoma’s theater district to you, dear readers, on Feb. 22? We did, and maybe we should have mentioned it sooner, but life and poetry readings and travel happened and we got a bit distracted (but we knew you’d forgive us). The readings…