CWU Libraries' NEA Big Read programming will be designed around Ross Gay's Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Interested in attaining a copy of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude?
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Letters from a Garden:Writing & Planting at the Wildcat Neighborhood Farm |
Join us for a writing and gardening workshop at CWU's Wildcat Neighborhood Farm inspired by Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude's fascination with the garden as the site of collective joy and community. Participants will weed, plant, write and read under the guidance of the CWU Wildcat Farm Manager and a local writer. Free custom notebooks and pencils will be provided. Each participant will receive a seedling starter, a copy of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, and the first 20 participants will also receive a copy of Lace & Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens by Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Hosted by the CWU Wildcat Neighborhood Farm and the CWU English Department. No registration required. |
Date: Saturday April 22ndTime: TBDLocation: Corner of North Alder Street and East 14th Avenue. Parking is free on East 14th Avenue and along both sides of North Alder Street.Maximum attendance capacity: 25 |
Strangers Maybe Never Again:Knowing & Writing Wilson Creek |
Ellensburg is interlaced with urban streams, many of them running underground. Wilson Creek, which runs directly through the heart of the city is one such creek. Join writer and poet Wendy Lee Spaček and a KEEN naturalist on a walking tour and writing workshop focused on Wilson Creek and inspired by another one of Ross Gay's books, River, which consists of a series of meditations on urban waterways. Each participant will receive a free custom notebook and pencil, a walking map illustrated by Heather Dappen, and a copy of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. This workshop will depart from the Kittitas Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church. No registration required. |
Date: Saturday April 29thTime: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.Location: 400 N Anderson St. Ellensburg, WA 98926. Free parking is available in the church's parking lot; free parking is also available along both sides of Anderson Street and 4th Avenue.Maximum attendance capacity: 25 |
Lion Rock Author Visit:Ross Gay Craft Talk |
Ross Gay will be visiting CWU to give a Craft Talk as part of CWU's Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series. This event will take place at CWU's James E. Brooks Library. |
Date: Wednesday May 3rdTime: 12 p.m - 1 p.mLocation: James E. Brooks Library. Attain a daily parking permit here. |
Lion Rock Author Visit:Ross Gay Public Reading
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Ross Gay will give an in-person public reading as part of CWU's Lion Rock Series at CWU's Student Union and Recreation Center (SURC) Theater. |
Date: Wednesday May 3rdTime: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.Location: SURC Theater. It is recommended that visitors enter through the SURC east entrance. After 4:30 p.m. some parking zones at CWU do not require permits. Learn more here. |
Strangers Maybe Never Again:Writing Odes to Urban Wilds |
This writing and walking workshop is inspired by Gay's poem "To the Fig Tree on 9th & Cristian" in which a group of strangers passing by a woman cleaning up the ruined fruit of her overburdened fig find themselves united in a haphazard harvest of figs. Likewise, join us as a group of strangers to embark on a walking writing workshop in downtown Ellensburg, guided by writer and poet Wendy Lee Spaček and a KEEN naturalist, composing odes to oft-overlooked urban wild spaces while learning about local plants and habitats. Each participant will receive a free custom notebook and pencil, a walking map illustrated by Heather Dappen, and a copy of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. This workshop will depart from the Ellensburg Public Library and will circle back in time for the Brass Band of Gratitude Celebration. No registration required. |
Date: Saturday May 6thTime: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.Location: 209 N Ruby St, Ellensburg, WA 98926Maximum attendance capacity: 25 |
Brass Band of Gratitude Celebration |
Join us in a celebration of gratitude outside of the Ellensburg Public Library! This community celebration will include music by the Ellensburg Big Band, readings from local poets and writers, a live community art project by Heather Dappen, and so much more! Attendees will receive copies of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude.
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Date: Saturday May 6thTime: TBDLocation: 209 N Ruby St, Ellensburg, WA 98926 |
Hike & Write at Helen McCabe State Park: A KEEN Shrub-Steppe Event |
Join us for a writing workshop and nature walk at Helen McCabe State Park, guided by Ellensburg's Poet Laureate, Marie Machland and KEEN naturalist, Jill Scheffer. Free custom notebooks and pencils will be provided and each participant will receive a copy of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. This workshop will be part of KEEN's annual Get Intimate with the Shrub-Steppe (GISS) event! Please visit the GISS website to register for this event. |
Date: Saturday May 13thTime: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.Location: 24398 Canyon Rd, Ellensburg, WA 98926Maximum attendance capacity: 25 |