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Cascadia Magazine’s Evening of Words & Ideas
Friday, September 13
Feeling lucky? Then join us this coming Friday the 13th, for a night of readings and discussion from writers published at Cascadia Magazine!
Cascadia Magazine’s Evening of Words & Ideas brings together local journalists, writers, and poets for a lively night of readings and discussion. Join us from 7-8:30 pm, Friday September 13 at The Rendezvous’ Jewelbox Theater in Seattle (2322 2nd Ave) for an eclectic mix of thought-provoking narrative from contributors to Cascadia Magazine.
Journalist and sex columnist Karin Jones will talk about polyamory in the Pacific Northwest, climate scientist Sarah Myhre will share her work on feminism and social justice in the sciences, and Seattle-based poets Susan Rich, Martha Silano, and Shin Yu Pai will read from their work. Plus, we’re honored that Robert Lashley, an amazing poet and performance artist, will make the trip down from Bellingham for what should be a fascinating evening.
You can RSVP at our Facebook event page.
Cascadia Magazine’s Evening of Words & Ideas
7-8:30 pm, Friday, September 13
The Rendezvous’ Jewelbox Theater
2322 2nd Ave, Seattle
free (suggested donation, $10)
Last-ditch lawsuit by First Nations against Site C dam
The Narwhal’s Sarah Cox reports that the West Moberly First Nations will be proceeding to a “megatrial” to fight for their treaty rights against the Site C Dam in northern British Columbia. The hope is for an “eleventh-hour cancellation or injunction” against a dam that would destroy land allocated in Treaty 8 by the flooding of the Peace River. For more background on the fight against Site C, read Alison Bate’s feature here at Cascadia Magazine.
New homeless center in Portland & other housing crisis news
OPB’s Amelia Templeton looks at a new homeless center called the River District Navigation Center in Portland’s Pearl District. The facility is funded by a $3 million donation from the Columbia Sportswear CEO, in a noteworthy turnaround from his threats in 2017 to relocate the brand out of downtown Portland due to the homelessness crisis. In related news the city sweep of homeless camps in Vancouver BC’s Oppenheimer Park were delayed and CBC reports that 127 residents have accepted housing offers.
In a sad update to a 2011 feature, The Seattle Times’ Eric Lacitis calls attention to the death of a Seattle homeless man whose body was discovered eight months after he died in the aluminum boat he lived in — and was only identified through a birthday card given to him by a financial analyst he befriended.
A quiet wildfire season in Cascadia–for now
Crosscut’s Hannah Weinberger looks at the cool, wet Washington summer that didn’t live up to “heavily above-average” forecasts of large fires and heavy smoke. This comes with the caveat that the potential for fire and smoke will technically last into the first week of October. In related news, OPB reports on a burn ban for Multnomah County OR, effective immediately.
A photography project from mothers of BC overdose victims
At the Georgia Straight, Travis Lupick profiles one of the founders of Moms Stop the Harm, an organization of mothers whose children have died from overdoses in the opioid addiction crisis. The striking photographs of the mothers come on the eve of International Overdose Awareness Day on Saturday (Aug 31). In addition, Lupick takse a detailed look at the ongoing crisis in Vancouver, and volunteer organizations fighting it with harm reduction.
New biography of Vancouver beat writer Jim Christy
At BC BookLook, John Moore reviews a new biography vagabond writer Jim Christy, who has lived in the vein of beat writers such as Jack Kerouac, chronicled the antics of oddballs and wild men and women–and finally settled down (sort of) in Vancouver. “Christy is a wild Steelhead in a Canadian literary seascape choked with schools of writers spawned in university creative writing departments operating like fish farms.”
Seattle libraries pissed about publisher e-book prices
The Stranger’s Rich Smith reports on Seattle Public Library’s reaction to the recent announcement that one the 5 big North American publishers will be jacking up prices to libraries lending e-books–meaning that low-income users will have a harder time reading newly published books. Meanwhile, Paul Constant at Seattle Review of Books profiles the new series of writing craft lectures by authors at Seattle’s Hugo House this fall, as well as Hugo House’s series of autumn writing classes and workshops. If you need inspiration to get that novel finished (or started) check them out! T
hanks for reading today’s edition of Cascadia Daily, curated by our amazing editorial intern Eun Hye Kim, who moves on today to her final quarter at the University of Washington (studying abroad in Rome, a good choice!). Thanks for all your hard work helping us keep this upstart publication going, and best of luck in your future endeavors! –Andrew Engelson
CORRECTION: in the recent Cascadia Magazine article on clear cut logging in northern British Columbia’s inland rainforest, the amount of rain the region receives was misrepresented: the forests receive 1,200 millimeters of precipitation each year, not 400. Also, Michelle Connolly’s name was misspelled several times and corrected. If you detect an error in in this newsletter or Cascadia Magazine, let us know by contacting us at info@cascadiamagazine.org