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
October 24, 2025
The Magic Barrel: A Reading to Fight Hunger
Oregon Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston headlines a lively mix of writers, including award-winning poets John Daniel and Bobby Elliott; fiction writers Virginia Black, Madeline McDonnell, and Charlie J. Stephens; OSU faculty playwright Cleavon Smith; and nonfiction authors Zoë Bossiere and Oregon Book Award winner Jaclyn Moyer. Kate Carroll de Gutes will emcee.
7:00 p.m., Majestic Theatre, Corvallis
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