Potluck, Music, Story
& Poetry Reading
🌄 Cascadia Day, Saturday Night Celebrations
Free and Open to the Public!
Cascadia Day Celebrations! Potluck, Opening with Paul Chiyokten Wagner, Music with the Crowdsource Choir, Early Bioregional Movement, and Poetry Reading.
Potluck at 5pm. Opening at 6pm. Crowdsource Choir at 6:30. Early Movement 6:30 and Poetry reading until 9pm!
May 17, 2025 | 5:00 PM–9:00 PM | Georgetown Steam Plant, Seattle.
Free & Open to the Public — All Are Welcome!
Even if you’re not joining us for the whole conference - join us for our Saturday evening celebration!
Bring a dish and celebrate this important moment for Cascadia!
🌲 Featured Readers:
Robert Lashley — Acclaimed poet, novelist, and cultural voice from Bellingham
Claudia Castro Luna — Former WA State Poet Laureate, Salvadoran-born Seattle writer
Dr. Jason M. Wirth — Philosopher, Zen priest, and environmental writer
Paul E Nelson — Founder of Cascadia Poetics Lab, poet, and cultural organizer
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs — Polylingual poet, scholar, and feminist critic
Matt Trease — Artist, astrologer, and co-curator of Margin Shift
This evening of poetic power is a celebration of the Cascadian spirit—resilient, rooted, and regenerative.
📍 Location:
Georgetown Steam Plant
6605 13th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108
🎟 Admission:
Free & Open to the Public — No conference ticket required!
Bring a dish to share and a friend to inspire.
🍽 5:00 PM – Community BBQ & Waste-Free Potluck
Gather around the grill and share a meal with new and old friends! Bring a dish to contribute to this community feast and help us model waste-free, regenerative gathering practices.
🧓🏽 6:00 PM – Opening Paul Chiyokten Wagner and Crowdsource Choir
We open Saturday evening in the Georgetown Steam Plant with a powerful performance by Coast Salish musician and storyteller Paul Chiyokten Wagner, followed by the Crowdsource Choir—a participatory musical experience where the audience becomes the choir. Through collective song and story, we’ll co-create a shared rhythm to carry us into the evening’s reflections and celebration.
🧓🏽 7:00 PM – Elders Panel
Hosted by Lansing Scott & Julie Carpenter
Hear from respected bioregional elders in a live, intergenerational dialogue weaving together stories, perspectives, and wisdom from the early Cascadia bioregional movement.
✍️ 8:00 PM – Live Poetry Reading
Presented in Partnership with Cascadia Poetics Lab
We close the evening with a vibrant poetry reading that uplifts the voice of place, featuring renowned poets and thinkers offering creative responses to our bioregion’s challenges—and its profound potential. These readings present positive alternatives to the nation state and center imagination as a core tool of transformation.