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Arts Commission

Listen to an interview on KPTZ’s “Attention Please” about Empty Bowl’s 50th annivesary and our October 10th event.

Celebrating 50 Years of Empty Bowl:  1976- 2026

Join us at the Cotton Building 607 Water Street Port Townsend

October  10   11 am- 9 pm

 Program

11:00  Doors Open!   Visit the Archives,  Book Table, Raffle for free books

12:00  Poetry Walk to Memory’s Vault with Rufina Garay, Port Townsend Poet Laureate. Be in the “Poetic Heart of Fort Worden” as we share voices amplified in the book Memory's Vault published by Empty Bowl Press. Meet outside of Rainshadow Recording Studio (Building 315) at noon. Bring a small pocket notebook, pen, and any small object personal to you and your memory. We also suggest bringing raingear. A Discovery Pass is required for parking at Fort Worden,

2:00  Reading by Current Empty Bowl Authors

4:00: Tribute Reading & Stories from the Early Days

5:30 Reception & Book Signing

7:00 Reading by Founding Empty Bowl Poets

8:30  Copublishers Holly & John Wrap Up & Look Ahead

Founding Poets: Michael Daley, Tim McNulty, Bill Porter, Bill Ransom and Finn Wilcox

Readings by Current Empty Bowl Authors : Tele Aadsen, John Brandi, Sally Green, Ed Harkness, Kurt Hoelting, Peter Quinn and Ann Spiers