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Ghost Town Poetry Open MicFeaturing Bruce Hall
Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige
7 pm
Thursday, October 10
Art At The Cave
108 E Evergreen Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98660
https://artatthecave.com
ANTI-RACIST, LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, PRO-SCIENCE, ANTI-FASCIST,
PRO-CHOICE, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004
https://printedmattervancouver.com/
$5 Suggested donation
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
Donations can be made in person or through Christopher Luna’s PayPal account ([email protected]). Include a memo stating that the money is for Ghost Town Poetry.
Bruce D. Hall is a poet and short story writer from southeastern Washington. The chapbook Poems From A Big Beard Poet is his first collection of published poetry. His poetry has appeared in Poets in the Shops in Vancouver, Washington, and on C-Tran buses as part of the Poetry Moves program. (Note to readers: if you do not submit, you will not get published).
Unlike most poets and writers, Bruce did not start writing at an early age. His very large family told stories at family gatherings, some of which could be believed. BS is a family tradition. His work has been called highly visual. This comes from a strict high school creative writing instructor, Bob Smith. Bruce rewrote his first paper 13 times before he got a B+, the lowest passing grade a paper could receive. He earned a B.S. degree, not the family kind mentioned previously, from a respected university in Electrical Engineering. His only writing was technical papers. Work brought Bruce to Vancouver in 2012. He signed up for Wildfire Writing, Christi Krug’s evening writing class at Clark College. The infection by muse had begun. As of this writing, no vaccine has been produced. He signed up for a poetry writing workshop taught by Clark County Inaugural Poet Laureate Christopher Luna. This brought Bruce to Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic, where he was a regular reader until the pandemic allowed telework and relocation to be with his life partner Suzie Stacey and close to grandchildren.
November 2024 is the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic. This year’s remaining featured readers are Clark County Poet Laureate Susan Dingle and Debra Elisa.
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The Ghost Town Poetry community respectfully encourages you to support Niche Wine Bar, whose owner, Leah Jackson, provided a home for the reading series from 2015-2020. Stop by their new location at 900 Washington, Suite 130 Vancouver, WA 98660: https://nichewinebar.com.
UPDATED Statement on Healthy Spaces from Art at the Cave: We want to provide a healthy space to enjoy art. We have been practicing safety precautions such as regular cleaning, social distancing and mask wearing. As a result of the removal of the mask mandate effective March 12, 2022, we will no longer require the wearing of masks. We encourage you to continue to wear a mask if it makes you feel more comfortable, and we will supply masks and hand sanitizer at the door. As social distancing has become a norm, please be mindful some will still need a bit of personal space while inside the gallery.
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Art At The Cave, 108 Evergreen Blvd,Vancouver,WA,United States
